Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2010-01-04 Thread Geoff Shang
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2010-01-04 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 11:15:15AM +0200, Geoff Shang wrote: On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2010-01-03 Thread John Fitzsimons
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

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-31 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:26:01AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Adam McGreggor writes: However, with those caveats, one should be able to use the same *database*, and Joomla/Kunena/Drupal/phpBB2 could all co-exist, in the same database, just using different database table prefixes,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-31 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:26:01 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Adam McGreggor writes: However, with those caveats, one should be able to use the same *database*, and Joomla/Kunena/Drupal/phpBB2 could all co-exist, in the same database, just using different database table prefixes, e.g.,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-31 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Adam McGreggor writes: On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:26:01AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Adam McGreggor writes: However, with those caveats, one should be able to use the same *database*, and Joomla/Kunena/Drupal/phpBB2 could all co-exist, in the same database, just using

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-24 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:56:19 -0600, Brad Knowles wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:49 AM, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-24 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:43:29AM +1100, John Fitzsimons wrote: Okay, thanks. It appears that Joomla, and PHPBB, both need a database eg. MySQL. I don't suppose you know whether they could both reference the same database when setting things up for the above outcome ? Joomla doesn't have

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-24 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Adam McGreggor writes: However, with those caveats, one should be able to use the same *database*, and Joomla/Kunena/Drupal/phpBB2 could all co-exist, in the same database, just using different database table prefixes, e.g., I rather doubt that's what John wants. I am guessing he wants

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-23 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Barry Warsaw writes: On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: Please - not to start a 'distro' war, but if work is going to be done, I hope it will be done in a modular fashion so that other forum software (with a plugin architecture) will be able to work with it.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-23 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:50 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Barry Warsaw writes: On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: Please - not to start a 'distro' war, but if work is going to be done, I hope it will be done in a modular fashion so that other forum software (with a plugin

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-23 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Barry Warsaw writes: Mailman 3 is already more flexibly w.r.t. archivers, in the sense that we define an interface between Mailman and generic archiver, and then implement a number of modules to support everything from Pipermail to mail-archive.com to MHonArc. We should take the same

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-23 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Barry Warsaw writes: Mailman 3 is already more flexibly w.r.t. archivers, in the sense that we define an interface between Mailman and generic archiver, and then implement a number of modules to support everything from Pipermail to

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Mark J Bradakis writes: Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Precisely what does a web forum do? Would Trac or Roundup serve? Sorry, I omitted the words for you. I'm interested in the OP's requirements, not in the available software, which matches his requirements more or less closely (all too

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2009-12-21 10:01 PM, Mark J Bradakis wrote: Are you seriously asking about what are web forums? There's about 38.63 gazillion of them on the net. A couple I'm working on are at http://www.team.net/forums and http://wasatchfoodies.com Please - not to start a 'distro' war, but if

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 22, 2009, at 7:47 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: Please - not to start a 'distro' war, but if work is going to be done, I hope it will be done in a modular fashion so that other forum software (with a plugin architecture) will be able to work with it. Absolutely, just like we support multiple

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:59:40 +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: John Fitzsimons writes: 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 ? Precisely what does a web forum do? Have threaded

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:49:44 +1100, John Fitzsimons wrote: Hi, 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 ? snip Since my post I have come across...

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:47:40 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: snip if work is going to be done, I hope it will be done in a modular fashion so that other forum software (with a plugin architecture) will be able to work with it. snip Simple Machines is the one to pick if you are going to support

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-22 Thread Brad Knowles
On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:49 AM, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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

[Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread John Fitzsimons
Hi, 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 ? I believe that something like this could work with phpbb2 but not the current release. Can anyone help please ? Regards, John.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:49:44PM +1100, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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 ? Not quite forum, but there's a start in processing/handling email via Wordpress: it

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Mark Sapiro
John Fitzsimons wrote: 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 ? Mailman can gateway a lists to/from a Usenet group. The gateway is via NNTP. If the Usenet group is also carried on Google

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:49 AM, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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 ? I would invite anybody interested in exploring this to join us over in mailman-developers.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Terri Oda
John Fitzsimons wrote: 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 ? I believe that something like this could work with phpbb2 but not the current release. Can anyone help please ? Not yet, but

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2009-12-21, Terri Oda (te...@zone12.com) wrote: Not yet, but I'd like there to be, Me too... I spent weeks trying to find something a while back... -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:52:25 +, Adam McGreggor wrote: On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 06:49:44PM +1100, John Fitzsimons wrote: Hi Adam, 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 ? snip The

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:06:29 -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote: On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:49 AM, John Fitzsimons wrote: 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 ? I would invite anybody interested in

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread John Fitzsimons
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:21:10 -0500, Terri Oda wrote: John Fitzsimons wrote: Hi Terri, 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 ? I believe that something like this could work with

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Richard Damon
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:49:44 +1100, John Fitzsimons jo...@net2000.com.au wrote: Hi, 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 ? I believe that something like this could work with phpbb2 but

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Adam McGreggor
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:44:44AM +1100, John Fitzsimons wrote: Well, there are a few issues here. I am totally unfamiliar with how Wordpress works, I wouldn't know how/where to map anything, I don't have root access to the hosting site that has my Mailman install.

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
John Fitzsimons writes: FWIW I suggest the following... A new mailing list specifically for this. A new announce mailing list to announce when a release is ready for testing. There isn't enough traffic on mailman-developers to justify either of those IMO. I certainly wouldn't

[Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
John Fitzsimons writes: 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 ? Precisely what does a web forum do? Would Trac or Roundup serve? These are nominally issue trackers (and Trac is

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Dec 21, 2009, at 5:52 PM, John Fitzsimons wrote: A new mailing list specifically for this. I don't think there's any justification right now for a separate list. mailman-developers does not get that much traffic. -Barry PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman forum ?

2009-12-21 Thread Mark J Bradakis
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Precisely what does a web forum do? Would Trac or Roundup serve? Are you seriously asking about what are web forums? There's about 38.63 gazillion of them on the net. A couple I'm working on are at http://www.team.net/forums and http://wasatchfoodies.com