[consulting] the Ultimate forum based Malinglist Manager

[Gerhard Killesreiter]

Boris Mann wrote:

>
> On 29-Dec-05, at 4:36 AM, Bèr Kessels wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> The hard part AFAIK seems to be actually installing/configuring the  
> required components, with the MLM being the hard part. The issue with  
> *many* MLMs is that they have little or no APIs, and/or don't store  
> their users in a database, making it very hard to create approved  
> postings on the fly.


That is correct.

> Also, a solution for 100 users should be easy  and simple to install 
> and not need to scale, whereas a solution for  1000s of users will be 
> complex to install and have to scale...which  one are you suggesting 
> to build?
>

There will never be a solution that fits everybody's needs.

> Also, I believe CivicSpace is spending a LOT of time on this. There  
> is a "recipe" on their site using Sympa, an open source mailing list  
> manager -- see http://civicspacelabs.org/home/dgroups-recipe
>

Right, I did contribute to this recipe by extending OG and writing some 
glue code to integrate with Sympa.

> I've CC'd Kieran (kieran at civicspacelabs.org) -- I would suggest  
> contacting him directly if people are interested in working on this.


Kieran has already contracted a friend of mine who happens to be very 
experienced with MTAs and myself to find a solution that comes close to 
what Ber was describing. It will not require a mailing list manager but 
will solely depend on Drupal and a few extra scripts. This solution will 
also not be for everybody as it will require some control over the server.

I'd imagine that CSL won't turn down monetary offers for co-funding this 
development.

> Ber, you're now banned from starting more "this is a neat idea but I  
> have no time -- please talk amongst yourselves" threads :P
>

Ack, more code, less talk.

Cheers,
    Gerhard