I refuse to limit my comments only to the relevant ones... It breaks my thought process.
Yes, you can do newsgroups in Exchange. They can be accessible via a newsreader (e.g. OE), Outlook or the web via OWA. One could write a custom interface to it, in fact Microsoft has written a custom web based NNTP interface for the microsoft.com website. There are also a number of free[1] or low cost packages out there which provide some level of NNTP integration. There is an NNTP hack for vBulletin for example. Things such as eRoom or Groove (among others) are also interesting methods for collaboration. What I would suggest is that you gather requirements from a number of folks, including those who have specifically asked for this functionality. Ask them to rank what is most important to them in terms of features, and what would be nice in terms of optional ones. Find out what the goals are of this type of collaboration. Then ask them how much they're willing to pay (from a budgetary standpoint) to make it happen. As an Admin, facilitating the business of doing business is certainly a road we want to go down, but you're right to be looking for a roadmap before beginning the journey. [1] As in beer. Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage! > -----Original Message----- > From: Arnold, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 9:57 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Newsgroups on Exchange? any Alternatives? > > > Hello all, > > I have requests from 2 groups of users for "bulletin boards" > and "newsgroups". My webmaster wanted to implement something > via our intranet server, but I told her to hold off because > Exchange supports newsgroups. I was thinking implement local > newsgroups on Exchange, then shop around for a way to get a > web interface for it. (I have a user community that forgets > what Public Folders are for, but they use the intranet a lot.) > > My question is - do I want to go down this route? or is > somebody using something better? I have an email from a user > that wants eRoom - www.eroom.com - and it looks nice, but I > had never heard of it. > > Any comments would be appreciated. > > Well, any RELEVANT comments. :) > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
