NYCPHP Meetup

[Khalid Hanif]

Hi Allen,

FUDForum ( http://fudforum.org/features.php ) has NNTP & Mailing List  
integration. It's written by Ilia A, one of the PHP Core developers,  
and has all the features you'd expect from a forum.

Regards,
Khalid

On 4 Jan 2008, at 15:44, Allen Shaw wrote:

> I'm looking for something similar to the lists/forums at mysql.com,  
> in which forum messages are copied to the list, and list messages  
> are copied to the forums.  Anyone here know how they do that, or  
> have clues on how it could be done?
>
> I'm helping out with a small community site currently running  
> Joomla with Simple Machines Forum.  Almost all the site usage is in  
> the forums, but since it's a small community traffic is rather low  
> (about 150 posts/month).  There's been a suggestion that since some  
> people prefer forums over email lists, and vice verse, we might be  
> able to improve the conversation by allowing people to choose  
> either format and still be kept in the mix.
>
> An alternative solution would be a Joomla or SMF plugin that would  
> allow people to subscribe to the whole forum and get all posts by  
> email.  Even if they had to sign onto the forums to respond, they  
> would at least be kept informed of the discussion just by checking  
> email.
>
> Anyone have some leads on such a scheme?  (Googling for keywords  
> like forum and list has turned up nothing useful.)
>
> Thanks,
> Allen
>
> -- 
> Allen Shaw
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