[KLUG Members] have we ever considered running a forum?

John Bridleman members@kalamazoolinux.org
Sun, 15 Jun 2003 09:30:47 -0400


* Peter Buxton (somercet@core.com) wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:40:12PM -0400, Bruce Smith was only escaped
>    alone to tell thee:
> 
> As one feature, is it possible to subscribe to the list as a
> non-receiving member? That way, such a member could web browse the
> archive on demand, yet still mail in a question without having that
> email held and examined as from an unsubscribed email address.

Yes, it is possible. Sign up with each email address you want to send messages to the list with. Then edit all but one of your profiles to select the 'no mail' option so you don't receive email to those addresses. That's a great feature for vacations also.

> > > The forum itself is difficult to read (why is the forum title on
> > > every single email title?).  

I'm worried that if we start changing the headers it will break a lot of filters out there.

> Is it possible to query Google in such a way as to limit the search not
> only to www.kalamazoolinux.org, but also to:
> 
> www.kalamazoolinux.org/pipermail/members/2003-June

It would be nice to at least have the ability to sort the results in date order.
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