Re: There already IS a looping Forum

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

Per,

  The solution you seek is already a part of most online forum software.

It's called "email notification of topic replies" and very frequently 
the body of the message is included in the e-mail.




>On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:38 PM, nick@12testing.net <nick@1957.me.uk> 
>wrote:
>>  Depends on your criteria. We're not mega busy, but 463 posts, 80
>>  members indicates we're not totally moribund either!  It's there for
>>  those of us who prefer forums (forii?)
>
>
>Not for me, but maybe for others. I wouldn't have the time needed for
>keeping up with a forum. I think it would be optimal with both a
>mailing list and a forum hosting the same posts. A serious forum build
>must mean any list post will be duplicated into a forum post and every
>forum post will be duplicated to the list - forum thread equaling
>e-mail subject line. Then the idea of using a forum or an e-mail
>client for interacting would mean just a choice of tool for
>participating in the very same discussion. This is especially
>important with this community because you people tend to wander off
>into off-topic land in the most wonderful way! :-))  And IMHO we can't
>afford to lose that for the sake of freakish sanity still alive and
>well in here.
>
>Good things with fora is that we can post articles and tutorials that
>include pictures. Back-side is that it's a slow way of mass
>communications. Both needed in my opinion.
>
>Greetings from Sweden
>
>Per Boysen
>www.boysen.se
>www.perboysen.com


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