[drupal-support] ad hoc forum support?

[Miles Fidelman]

I'm looking for something that lets you subscribe to an individual thread.

The closest I've found is a service called "quicktopic" 
(www.quicktopic.com) - I'm looking for an open source alternative to 
host on a local site.

Thanks,

Miles

Anisa wrote:

> There is a module that is still in experimenation/testing mode...  
> CivicGroups.
> http://dev.civicactions.net/cg1/
>
> Not yet ready for production, though.
>
> Anisa.
>
> Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Is there a module that would provide and "ad hoc" forum capability, 
>> somewhat along the following lines:
>>
>> 1. create a topic that has a unique URL and email address (with a 
>> simple interface)
>>
>> 2. include the URL in a mailing (e.g.,  include something in a 
>> newsletter or announcement email that says "to discuss this topic 
>> further, click here")
>>
>> 3. when you click, you are taken to a discussion page, and given the 
>> option to "subscribe to this topic by email"
>>
>> 4.  at which point, you are subscribed to a topic-specific email 
>> discussion that has it's own archive/forum page
>>
>> I've seen things like this in various bulletin board / forum systems, 
>> and they're really useful for things like:
>> - getting discussion going around a specific topic
>> - soliciting responses to an article
>> - getting people involved in a specific project
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Miles
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