[SLL] joined web forum and mailing list(s)

[Kurt Buff]

I know that WatchGuard has that kind of forum functionality, as do the
Sunbelt Software forums. However, I also know that they are using
commercial software, at least in part. Sunbelt, for instance, is using
Lyris for their list email, though I don't use the web-based fora
there.

Kurt

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Ana <christiana at hipointcoffee.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 08:38:29AM -0800, Paul A. Franz, P.E. wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, January 6, 2009 6:51 am, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>> > I am looking for a web forum software that is well integrated with mailing
>> > list(s). So I can use the forum entirely via email and others can use the
>> > forum entirely using the webpage interface. I guess this would be like
>> > Yahoo Groups. (I was also told that Google Groups also allows posting to
>> > mailing lists. And I also see the gmane.org web interface for reading and
>> > posting to lists. So maybe something like that.)
>> >
>> > I am not talking about the feature where you click a checkbox on webpage
>> > or enter an email address on the webpage to get emails sent.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
>> A very good one is phpBB
>>
>> <http://www.phpbb.com/>
>>
>> Open source. I'm on a number of lists that use it.
>>
>> > By the way, I'd prefer not using a SQL backend or PHP. But okay.
>>
>> Well, PHP is used in phpBB but it works for Matronics who hosts a few hundred lists
>> with 10's of thousands of messages posted daily.
>>
>
> As far as I can tell, phpBB does not incorporate a list-serve thing.  Is
> that right?  Looks like it can't be tied to a list-serve thing either.
>
> For years, on and off, I have looked for the same thing (Yahoo-groups
> like list-serve OSS package) and have never found one.  It seems strange
> that it would be so difficult to find, and I wonder if Yahoo has a
> patent on the interface or something.
>
> - Ana
>
>