Re: how about using a bulletin board instead of mail list?
| From: | R. P. Channing Rodgers, M.D. | Date: | Wed, 05 Jul 2000 18:22:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: how about using a bulletin board instead of mail list? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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> 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.
>
> michael
Not a bad idea -- but if the PHP development group went with a BBS,
I would hope they would use an open source one based on PHP 8^)
Cheerio, Rick Rodgers