ardon me if I am in the wrong place - moderator, move me if desired.
I hardly know PHP so let me share an idea for you PHP developers …
There is no free PHP discussion mailing list - just free Perl mailing lists. And many - I didn’t
check all - requires you to “own” the server. I am guessing that it would be hard for PHP scripts
to read incoming emails to the discussion mailing list. A workaround is to have people post/reply
on a web browser - allowing PHP scripts to work and send emails out. Messages would come from
[email protected], but browser is use to post reply/new topic.
A typical message looks like
... topic ...
... message ...
Do not reply or email [email protected] .
If you wish to reply, click {reply URL}.
If you wish to start a new topic, click {new topic URL}.
If you wish to see your profile, click {profile URL}.In other words, the PHP script looks like a discussion mailing list except the user clicks an
URL link (instead of “reply” or “new”) if that person wants to reply or start a new topic.
It is probably too late for me - we are on FluxBB, a lightweight forum with email subscriptions.
But I would still like to know if someone tries to do this.
For computer illiterates, a discussion mailing list is much easier than a forum. Teaching them
just to click a link (to write something) is much easier than navigating thru a forum.
Sheng-Chieh