Re: Mailing list combined with PHP based forum

The closest I know of to that would be to use Drupal[1] with the Organic Groups[2] module and the og2list[3] module. You also need an MTA, of course. Disclaimer: I've not actually set up such a system. I've just seen it discussed as a reasonable facsimile. See the Drupal Groups[4] site for Organic Groups in action. [1] http://drupal.org/ [2] http://drupal.org/project/og [3] http://drupal.org/project/og2list [4] http://groups.drupal.org/ On Monday 15 January 2007 8:27 pm, Dave M G wrote: > PHP Users, > > I'm creating a PHP based forum, and what I'd like to do is have it work > so that people can view and read the information via email, just like a > mailing list. > > Yahoo! Groups does this, so I know this sort of thing is possible in > principle. > > But so far as I can tell, open source PHP based forums, like phpBB and > Simple Machines, don't commonly have this feature. Perhaps it's not > possible with PHP? > > I would imagine this is accomplished with a Cron job that checks an > email account and passes the messages to the PHP system for parsing into > the forum. > > Can anyone start me off with some tips as to how, and if, this might be > possible? > > Thanks for any advice or informaiton. > > -- > Dave M G > Ubuntu 6.06 LTS > Kernel 2.6.17.7 > Pentium D Dual Core Processor > PHP 5, MySQL 5, Apache 2 -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson