Re: how about using a bulletin board instead of mail list?

Michael Teter wrote: > > just out of curiosity, why aren't the PHP groups > served by a bulletin board system instead of a mailing > list system (aside from the obvious cost, server > requirements, etc.)? > > http://www.ultimatebb.com/ has a popular and friendly > BB system. I think it only costs 199$/installed > server. assuming the hosts of these PHP lists could > afford the increased bandwidth demands, it would sure > make life easier with features like board sections, > topics, threads, etc. > > just a thought. > Because this is much faster and much much easier to read. UBB is a resource hog, if you've ever seen a busy one you will say how bad that software is. Besides even netscape mail thingy organises messages by thread or subject, Having to load bloated 50k or larger web pages just to read messages is not fun. There are php sites around with bulletin boards if thats what you want. zend.com, phpbuilder.com and weberdev.com.