I really like the hybrid idea. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Portwine</b> <<a href="mailto:jdport@veritime.com">jdport@veritime.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I've actually configured a nice combination solution, it is the phpBB forum<br>with the m2f (mail2forum) addon mod. It allows forum users, if they<br>choose, to have all posts emailed to them... they can then reply to the
<br>posts or to create a new post they can email the post to the forum and it<br>will be posted on their behalf. It's a very nice hybrid solution....<br>people who like forums go to the forum, and to people who like email better
<br>it's pretty much indistinguishable from any other email list.<br><br>-Jeff<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "John Fletcher" <<a href="mailto:jfletcher@LATITUDEGEO.COM">jfletcher@LATITUDEGEO.COM</a>
><br>To: <<a href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</a>><br>Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 12:26 PM<br>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail addresses in mapserver<br>
archives<br><br><br>The freeware version of the discus web forum can email posts to 'watched'<br>topics. There may be others which do the same. Much as I like the<br>structure of a nice web forum, if I don't get emailed the posts, I'll never
<br>read them.<br><br>John<br><br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: UMN MapServer Users List<br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Gerry
<br>> Creager N5JXS<br>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 6:08 AM<br>> To: <a href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</a><br>> Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail<br>
> addresses in mapserver archives<br>><br>> Because I, for one, don't have the time to go to a web page<br>> and peruse the various discussions? I can efficiently see<br>> the topics, file interesting "stuff" away for later use or
<br>> reference, and delete the trivia. Going to a web page and<br>> sorting through all this is tiresome at best and looks to me<br>> like a waste of time.<br>><br>> Personal opinions. But that'd be my vote if it comes to one.
<br>> The list, as a monolith, in fact, and not subdivided into a<br>> whole bunch of separate sublists.<br>><br>> gerry<br>><br>> S.Nicolas - Webmaster wrote:<br>> > Totally agree, lots of open source forum available, easy to set up.
<br>> ><br>> > Stéphane<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > -----Original Message-----<br>> > From: UMN MapServer Users List<br>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU
</a>]<br>> > On Behalf Of Jeff Portwine<br>> > Sent: 20 May 2005 13:27<br>> > To: <a href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU</a><br>> > Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail addresses in
<br>> > mapserver archives<br>> ><br>> > I know this is offtopic, but since this was brought up...<br>> it kind of leads<br>> > into a question I've had for a while. Is there any<br>> particular reason that
<br>> > we use an email list instead of like a web forum for this kind of<br>> > communication? It seems like opensource projects like<br>> this one tend to use<br>> > email lists instead of forums, but it seems to me that
<br>> there are a lot<br>> > of advantages to a web forum such as easier searching and threaded<br>> > messages, as well as the ability to post announcements and<br>> sticky-note a FAQ would make<br>> > it the preferred method. It would also solve the spam
<br>> problem as email<br>> > addresses can pretty much always be hidden. I'm not<br>> opposed to email of<br>> > course, was just a question I had.<br>> ><br>> > -Jeff<br>> ><br>> > ----- Original Message -----
<br>> > From: "Jacob Delfos" <<a href="mailto:jacob.delfos@MAUNSELL.COM">jacob.delfos@MAUNSELL.COM</a>><br>> > To: <<a href="mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU">MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU
</a>><br>> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 6:57 AM<br>> > Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Undisguised e-mail addresses in<br>> > mapserver archives<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >>Hi All,
<br>> >><br>> >>Sorry if this has been brought up before, but the spam problem is<br>> >>taking on worse forms for me. Since I have been on the<br>> mapserver (and<br>> >>related) mailing lists, my e-mail address have been
<br>> appearing a lot on<br>> >>the internet, in a completely undisguised way. The amount of spam I<br>> >>receive has since been rising rapidly. Additionally, my address is<br>> >>being spoofed lately, such that I occasionally get 100s of bounced
<br>> >>messages that I didn't send, to people to whom it could not<br>> be delivered.<br>> >><br>> >>I was hoping it might be possible to configure the mailing<br>> lists such<br>> >>that e-mail addresses are disguised (even if it is poorly, by
<br>> >>replacing occurrences of @ with 'at'). I know that I could set up a<br>> >>special "mailing list" address, but that makes things a lot<br>> harder to<br>> >>manage, and people would still send spam in my name.
<br>> >><br>> >>My address does not appear anywhere else on the internet, so I am<br>> >>quite sure that the archives of the mailing lists are the<br>> cause. It's<br>> >>not that I'm trying to complain, just that a small change
<br>> could save a<br>> >>lot of people a lot of headaches.<br>> >><br>> >>regards,<br>> >><br>> >>Jacob<br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > No virus found in this incoming message.
<br>> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<br>> > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 - Release Date:<br>> > 19/05/2005<br>> ><br>> ><br>><br>> --<br>> Gerry Creager -- <a href="mailto:gerry.creager@tamu.edu">
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