> -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Smoak > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:33 AM > To: U2 Users Discussion List > Subject: OT RE: We need a web based Forum! > > > I would whole-heartedly agree with this. BUT I have never > > seen such an animal in action myself. I think it's mythical. > > Will > > It is not mythical, one of the forums I use works exactly like that. > You do have to be set up as a user and "subscribe" to the forums you > want to read. But after that, emails show up on the forum, > and anything posted to the forum goes out via email.
> A quick look says that the forum software is... > O'Reilly WebBoard 4.20.82 (c)1995-2000 Duke Engineering/O'Reilly & > Associates, Inc. > WebBoard is a trademark of O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Nice. http://webboard.oreilly.com/products/webboard/index.cfm However, it looks like O'Reilly sold it to another company in '01, and the standard edition is $3995, which - I'm guessing - is a bit out of the price range. It's a shame there doesn't seem to be a free (as in beer AND in speech) alternative that supports these features. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
