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

[Paul A. Franz, P.E.]

On Tue, January 6, 2009 5:14 pm, Ana wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 03:20:26PM -0800, Paul A. Franz, P.E. wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, January 6, 2009 11:56 am, Ana wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> It certainly does. And very well too. Look at <http://matronics.com/>
>
> I looked at http://matronics.com/ and couldn't find a forum.

Try the kitfox forum or aeroelectric, both have 20 to 50 posts per day. Sign up for
one. You can either post on the forum or via the maillist. I used to host these two
lists. Now Matt Dralle does it. Matronics has many.

Start here:

<http://forums.matronics.com/viewforum.php?f=3>

This software runs flawlessly and is very configurable for a wide range of user skill
levels.

>> Subscribe to a list such as AeroElectric and you'll get the postings in e-mail or as
>> a
>> digest. You don't need to subscribe to read and post to any forum just sign up.
>
> Can you post via email?

Yes, I do both on the KitFox list. I mainly only use the forum on Aero electric
because it has a big volume and I don't need to see it immediately as posted. You can
be unsubscribed from any matronics list and still post to it via the forum or e-mail
posting if you're registered at matronics. If you're unsubscribed, you just don't get
it mailed to you.

My experience is that Matt Dralle would gladly answer you questions. His e-mail is
posted on the site. Even his photo is posted. This setup is nice because it allows
members to post photos and files without having them e-mailed out. Although that is
allowed if you keep the file sizes reasonably small.

>  That's the part that's missing from most web
> forums.  You always have to post through their web interface.

Not this one. You can do either. It's a lot better in some regards than this SLL
because when you hit reply the reply goes to the list, not the creator of the message
by default.

>  I want
> something that I can use like majordomo or mailman, but also that has a
> completely functional web-forum interface...  with the two fully
> integrated.  If you can *post* to the forum strictly via email, I'm
> sold.

I believe the mail list part is modified mailman. but you clearly can do both and this
is a heavy weight. No delays when you post.

> btw, did you mean to send this message privately, or did you mean to
> post to the list?

No, accident because normally when you reply to an e-mail list it goes to the list. I
just slipped up this time. I'll have to check my procmail settings. I used to have it
set to fix the headers so a reply would go to the list.


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