Hey guys, Look at this example www.scubaboard.com It has nothing to do with Asterisk but is an example of a _very_ high volume meaasge board that _works_. It runs on free software, has low admin overhead. It allows moderators on a per subject level and optional authentication. I have used this system both as a user and I have installed and tested the software on my system. It is easy from both points of view. Built in search, and even e-mail subscriptions to threads. Not much more to ask for.
This list is actually becomming usless do to it's success. I doubt I would notice a reply to this posting unless you CC me off line and remove the [Asterisk-Users] lable so it doe not get piled in with 400 other messages. I suggest that people here actually try out "scubaboard" even if you have no interrest in diving. Check out the photos, for sale ads, technical topics, regional/geographic forums and how it all is kept straight and the search feature actually works to find old threads. And did I mentione-mail subscriptions to threads --- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 15:52 -0600, Joe Greco wrote: > > > Not everyone has decent access to NNTP either due to firewalls > coporate > > > or otherwise > > > > That's why many news servers allow access on alternate ports. :-) > > On a proper network firewall, it is deny all, allow these few ports. > So > unless you are running NNTP on a port like 80 or 443, it probably > will > be blocked. Even then a good admin would have a proxy in place to > help > cut down the bandwidth usage and would therefore break NNTP. > > > > or are under a quota due to the amount of illegal activity > > > that appears there. Add to it the inability to control spam or > kick an > > > unruley users if the need arises. NNTP doesn't solve any > problems, and > > > phpBB creates a bunch. > > > > > > Better question is why do you feel there needs to be a change? > > > > You've missed some "best of breed" options. > > > > A newsgroup by itself may or may not be useful. However, either > way, > > USENET (which isn't entirely limited to NNTP, incidentally) has a > bunch of > > powerful clients that are designed from the ground up for > participating in > > large threaded discussions. This is a major failing of many mail > clients. > > I find it easier to follow large discussions with the text-based > trn > > newsreader than with any graphical mail client I've seen to date - > bar > > none - and trn is old technology. Just the thread tree view itself > is so > > useful, not to mention one-key cruising through the tree nodes. > > Who said mail needs to be graphical? I know a great many people still > using mutt for their mail and it probably will resemble trn close > enough > for your taste. Of course there are plenty of graphical email readers > that support threaded views. I happen to use evolution with threads > turned on and enjoy it. > > Your right, threaded trees are great. I love it when there is enough > people using correct enough software to help keep the information > correct. Of course we get to the same problem here that not all > software > mail or nntp actually puts the in-reply-to or references headers in > to > make the tree view work. > > > Many sites gateway various mailing lists into local hierarchies, > for the > > explicit purpose of solving some of the problems that "NNTP doesn't > solve", > > because the medium was designed to deal with the functional > equivalent of > > mailing list traffic from day one. > > Gateway mailing lists to local hierarchies to solve problems that > hierarchies doesn't solve? Sounds like broken hacks to me. Maybe in > your > rush through that sentence your meaning didn't get fully expressed. > > As for the design, like many older technologies, NNTP was designed > before the unrulely behavior of spammers. While I know there are some > private nntp servers that enable authentication to protect > themselves, > it isn't the norm. > > > You can avoid some of the problems of public newsgroups by making > it a one- > > way gateway, with moderator pointing back at the original list, > therefore > > subject to all the normal list posting controls. > > And a limit on what a moderator will be able to handle unless it is a > program, and then it wouldn't take a moment to get past it. Not that > email is any more secure. > > > Setting up a one-way gateway isn't too difficult. Is there > interest? I > > can certainly start one. We already do all the FreeBSD lists and a > bunch > > of other stuff here. > > I belive there has already been one with URL posted in this thread. > > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ===== Chris Albertson Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 310-990-7550 Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] KG6OMK __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
