On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:35:32 -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote: >On Jan 20, 2010, at 03:11 PM, John Fitzsimons wrote:
Hi Barry, >>Yes, but there are "resources" for people to create web forums. >>"Resources" for people to create emailers. "Resources" for people to >>create bloggs etc. >I mean "people to hack code". :) Ah ! Those types of "resources" . < vbg > < snip > >>If you mean that Mailman could provide NNTP access to it's message >>store then that would be great !!! >Yep, that's exactly what I mean and I agree it would be cool. Good. The only two issues that immediately come to mind is to provide a "user option" to change the port number. (for those who don't have root access to their Mailman server) and authentication. >>This sort of thing HAS been done by others. A combined database that >>can have it's messages accessed as web forum posts, emails, news posts >>etc. >Hey, if there's stuff we can steal or integrate with, all the better! I have >a saying: "the best bass amp there is, is the one you don't have to bring". :) I would love to say that there is an open source item that you could look at, but I cannot. It is "commercial". Probably. It started with http://macrobyte.net/ and then went to.. http://www.free-conversant.com/index However, there is a VERY small glimmer of hope if you read the Updated 3/30/2006 entry at.. http://conversant.macrobyte.net/ < snip > >That's cool. There are /lots/ of opportunities for folks to contribute to >Mailman that doesn't include coding. Well, I have provided FAQs on web pages to help people. I need to know Mailman a bit better though to be of worthwhile help. I am still a "newbie". A GUI one at that ! >We have a wiki that needs constant >gardening, and would love to be fleshed out with ideas on integrating Mailman >with existing forum software, blogs, etc. That interests me too. Web forum < > mailing list mirroring already exists in the commercial world. >We have lots of documentation that >needs writing or improving, or converting to Sphinx. There's testing to be >done, web user interfaces to design, etc. etc. >If coding's not your thing, I invite you to find some other area of interest >and dig in! Okay, thanks for the suggestions. As I get more knowledge I will see if/where I can help. 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
