Phil

Id like to see that even if he doesnt. So if you do post it let me know.

Mike D
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: List Serve/Message Board Solution


> Chris,
> The WitangoTalk list runs on a standard listserv process.  The Witango
Talk
> Forum ( http://www.witango.com/readmail.taf?_function=forum ) is written
> using the Witango 5 email functionality and simply reads the email out of
a
> mailbox every minute (using the crontab) and links the emails together to
> produce the threaded message board.  It is not foolproof especially if the
> reply does not have the expected header fields or the user replies by
using
> a different threads message.  The thing that really throws the matching is
> when a message is sent as a reply from a different thread.  This keeps the
> message ID history of the original thread and the script will treat it as
a
> new thread.  As a last resort the script falls back to a match in the
> subject within a certain time span.
>
> It was a bit of a quick hack, the code is not commented or documented and
is
> a bit hap hazard - but I can post them as is.  Let me know if you want me
to
> post the scripts and the db structure to the component zone.
>
> Phil
>
>
> On 4/6/03 11:54 AM, "Chris Millet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have a client asking for a list serve/message board solution similar
to
> > what is used for the Witango email list. The question is, should I try
to
> > develop this on my own, or is there a shrink wrapped solution that does
this
> > out of the box?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Chris
> >
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