> actually google groups can do this. > You can have private/closed groups using Google Apps (as apposed to the > free gmail version) which are not publicly accessible, and users must login > with their google login to access them on the web. > You can then control membership via the web interface or via the api > (using CF) > > The other most commonly use LlistServ I know of is MailMan
I'm in the process of moving my last lists from Mailman to Google Groups. I wouldn't recommend going the other way! Russ is right: you can certainly do this with Google Groups for Business. You'd need to buy a Google Apps for Business account, but you'd only need a seat or two, at a cost of $50/user/year. The Google Apps APIs can be used easily from CF. This would take far less time than building a listserv in CF, and would work a lot better. Your users would not actually need to have a Google account to send mail, though - they'd simply have to send email from the address that you've registered within the group. They would need to have a Google account associated with that address if they wanted to view the list posts in a forum. Fortunately, it's easy to create a Google account corresponding to any given email address, whether you're using Gmail or not. You'd have to provide instructions to your users on how to do that, but it's very simple - just choose "I prefer to use my current email address" in the signup form. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357795 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
