[plug] Forum Software

[Adrian Woodley]

Fred,

I believe I saw that feature in at least one of the mentioned systems. 
I'll have a closer look at it when I get some free time, and let you know.

Adrian

Fred Janon wrote:
> Hi Adrian,
> 
> Would you know if any or all of these offer the option to subscribe to
> any new post and sends an email with the full content of the new post?
> Not a link to it or just the subject, the whole post? I like the PLUG
> mailing list but I don't follow much of the forums I belong to, too
> many different forums and clicks to get there, so a forum that can also
> mail out the new posts would be good for me.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Fred
> 
> --- Adrian Woodley <Adrian at ScreamingRoot.org> wrote:
> 
>> And to prove I'm not shirking any responsibility, I've taken the
>> first 
>> one (phpBB) and put it on my server.
>>
>> http://forum.screamingroot.org/
>>
>> Have a play, let us know what you think.
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> Adrian Woodley wrote:
>>> Following last night's discussion at the workshop, I've done a
>> quick 
>>> investigation into forum software. Using the criteria of "what
>> looks 
>>> hot", this is a rough list of what I feel could be contenders:
>>>
>>> phpBB - http://www.phpbb.com/
>>> punBB - http://punbb.org/
>>> mwForum - http://www.mwforum.org/
>>>
>>> Drupal, a popular CMS which I've had a lot of experience with, also
>> has 
>>> a forum module.
>>>
>>> This is by no means a definitive list and is intended to get the
>> ball 
>>> rolling.
>>>
>>> If ppl with servers could chuck one or two of these (or any others
>> up) 
>>> so we could all have a look, that'd be great.
>>>
>>> Adrian
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