Re: [DMCForum] Re: Official word on migration... I guess...

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found a phpBB module for two way email posting, but it's in beta and
"not suggested for use on production lists."

I'm going to see how well it works, anyway.

-Ryan

On 6/14/05, Jon Heese <dmcforum@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know there is bulletin board software that includes this feature
> (two-way email support) because I helped write it a few years ago.
> 
> The specific application is called DigiPosts, made by a company called
> Digi-Net Technologies (http://www.digiposts.com).  It is a Java Servlet
> that runs in any servlet engine (i.e. Apache Tomcat, ServletExec, etc.).
>  It is pretty expensive software, but *ahem* I have an unlimited
> license sitting around somewhere *ahem* if anyone is interested in
> reviewing it.
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> Otherwise, it serves as an example that it can be done; and it's really
> not all that tricky either.  In PHP (or any CGI scripting language) it
> would be a little tougher, but I wouldn't imagine it'd be that bad.
> After some cursory searching, I didn't find a phpBB module for it, but I
> wouldn't be surprised to find something with a more in-depth search.
> 
> Regards,
> Jon Heese
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> Dave Stragand wrote:
> > Yes, we can copy the new posts to the list without a problem.  Replies from
> > the lists to the forum, however, are an entirely different matter.  To the
> > best of my knowledge there is no BBS that currently has this feature, and
> > imagine it would be very difficult to implement.
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> > -Dave
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> > From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Marc Levy
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:20 PM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Re: Official word on migration... I guess...
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> > My understanding is that some of these web-based
> > systems have support for people that want to continue
> > using the e-mail based "list" format.
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> > I suggested we take it a step further, and "subscribe"
> > the Yahoo group to the web group so all posts are sent
> > to the Yahoo system.  This way, both systems will be
> > supported....  I suspect people will slowly migrate to
> > the web-based system as they become more comfortable
> > with it and want to explore the new features.
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> > Let's not be so hasty as to dump one for the other.
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