> > Why would you want to do that through the CMS rather than > through the > > forum software? > > Because HTTP is a crappy discourse transport, SMTP is not, and a CMS > should integrate both those and others like IM protocols and desktop > application sources? >
Maybe I was scared off by the one forum-enabled CMS we saw - the vendor wanted $50,000 for a forum module that didn't have all the features of Web Crossing, which costs something like $900 - and which supports SMTP, NNTP (ah, NNTP!) and XML-RPC. The last one brings up some interesting possibilities in terms of integration with CMSes, personalization/user databases and the like. Adam Gaffin Executive Editor, Network World Fusion [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (508) 490-6433 / http://www.nwfusion.com "I programmed my robotic dog to bite the guy who delivers the electronic mail." -- Kibo -- http://cms-list.org/ more signal, less noise.
