On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:56:19 -0600, Brad Knowles wrote: >On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:49 AM, John Fitzsimons wrote:
Hi Brad, >> Are there currently *any* web forum(s) that enable forum/mailman >> mirroring ? In other words a Mailman email going to a web forum and >> vica versa ? >Search the FAQ wizard for "web forum". You should find a link to an article >that talks about Joomla. That's the best integration I know of, although I'm >sure there are others. Found it. Thanks. Backupcentral suggests that their bridge works BUT I don't know whether it will work with Mailman 2.1.11 PLUS Joomla 1.5 PLUS phpBB3. My hosting server only allows me three databases so I don't want to install Joomla, and phpBB3, (using maybe two databases) and then find out that everything will not work together. They have a mailing list called "testy" for it but when I asked a few questions I got a partial answer from only one person. There are a number of unanswered questions I still have. These are really VERY basic questions. For example, what files go in what directories ? Does it matter how deep the directories are etc. ? Does one need shell access ? They say... "1. Install the component via standard install procedures." What are "standard install procedures" ? For windows users that is simply double clicking an .exe file. What does that mean when translated to unix ? If it is as simple as FTPing files then why not say so ? Then tell people where they need to go. They then say "Point your admin browser to Components..." What's an admin browser ? Is that any different than a web browser ? Or are they talking about a telnet connection ? It is interesting how that site talks about an email to web forum bridge but they discuss it in a mailing list only. If the bridge works then I appear to have missed where the testy web forum address is. Also, why Joomla ? Previous software bridges that I have investigated have been from Mailman to phpBB2. No mention of Joomla being needed. So why the above comments ? So that people on this list, who aren't unix experts, can think twice before they try to install a product that probably doesn't work with current installations and has almost zero support. >> I believe that something like this could work with phpbb2 but not the >> current release. Can anyone help please ? >I'm not personally aware of anything, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't >exist. I am still looking. :-( A pity, as it would have hugely increased the popularity of Mailman had it worked. There are many web forums around. Adding an email list to them would make them/Mailman far more popular. Regards, John. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
