[consulting] the Ultimate forum based Malinglist Manager (Re: [drupalART-dev] Hey guys, )

[Laura Scott]

Great idea! I don't need this right now, but the question has arisen in 
the past, so while I cannot devote much time to this, at least at this 
time, count me as someone who will throw in some $$ to help underwrite 
the production.

Laura

Bèr Kessels wrote:
> Hello,
>
> All around the place I see people looking for solutions to get 
> forum-Mailinglist integration. Its one of the most demanded features for 
> grassroots and or consultatnts. Yet it seems to be the hardes to achieve. To 
> achieve properly, i mean. 
> All around the place I read about small alpha-works-for-me modules. Or rather 
> hard to achieve combinations of special modules, configurations of your ml 
> system, build on top of rather strange mailserver configurations. All these 
> hacks ar actually the cause of the problem that there is no good solution,
> Example: I have successfully hacked ezmlmj into my drupal forums: It works, 
> but is not too secure. Nor will it scale vdery well. But because it works for 
> me, i feel no need to fix up that module and make it more general.
>
> I know choice is good. But ATM we have only bads to choose from. I therefore 
> think we should work on one working solution. So here is my proposal
> :* team up with about 5 people on irc/jabber/skype and write down a good list 
> of demands. what do we want, how do we want it and what do we not want.
> * team up with all the people we can get together. I am sure that with 
> Civicspace in this, we will get over a hundred people.
> * invite one or two drupal coders. 
> * do a fundraise based on what thos coders think they need to get this done.
> * Pay the coders fro+ that fundraise
> * release this forum_ml.module (or maybe even bundle of modules) as The One 
> Solution. 
> * Write good solid documentation for debian/gentoo/?? to get that one chosen 
> ML manager configured to work with this module .... 
> * Write good solid documentation on how to configure your drupal system to 
> talk to that ml manager,
>
> If people like this then please let someone stand up and take the lead in 
> this; I am very interested, but have too little time to truly devote myself 
> to this; If i have to take this on, I fear I will be the main bottleneck :)
>
> Regards, 
> Ber (who would also love proper ML integration to replace his ez mlmmj hacks)
>
>
> Op donderdag 29 december 2005 03:15, schreef Ivan Storck:
>   
>> I agree, even if you think it is a hack, it would be very greatly
>> appreciated by many, I am sure. And you could find someone to refine
>> the code...
>>
>> -
>> Ivan Storck
>> www.SustainableMarketing.com
>>
>> On Dec 28, 2005, at 11:21 AM, Ryan Grace wrote:
>>     
>>> Hey there,
>>>   considering that the email_list_mailman module in CVS is a security
>>> hazard
>>>   and  mlist.module offers no interface,
>>>   your hack is the best hope we have right now...
>>>   it will look very nice on the homepage of my organic groups allowing
>>> members of the group to signup for the list.
>>>
>>> cool.
>>> ryan.
>>> thefractal.org
>>>
>>> zirafa wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Actually my method of forum email integration is a terrible hack.
>>>> I can post it, but it is a really poor long term solution since I
>>>> made my own php forms from scratch, etc....I will try posting it
>>>> this week.
>>>>
>>>> Farsheed
>>>>
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