Well that's called a forum and it's not at all like a mailing list :-) But yes there could be a forum, but there are already some on the net www.devshed.com have a mySQL part and a Perl part and a PHP part. Plus a forum requires servers, space, web hosting, DNS, maintenance, moderation, programming.. the mailing list is al up and running.
I don't like vbulletin, well I don't like the fact that you get the header and wait, wait and wait for the body to display, it's getting the messages out of the DB everytime a user loads a page and the little 3-4 seconds it takes to get the info is annoying :) my 2 cents Etienne Kelly Firkins wrote: > > I would vote in favor of using vbulletin (www.vbulletin.com) it's got forums > for talk like this, web-based, and runs off of the MySQL server as a > back-end. An example in action is vbulletin itself or > community.installshield.com. Very slick indeed. > > Kelly > > FYI, I'm somewhat biased in favor of it because I have set up this program > and know how well it works. It's a great example of PHP and MySQL working > together. > > >Hi Matt, > > > >I am sure this has been said before so my apologies if I bore! > > > >Most mail clients let you setup rules. For the mySQL list I automatically > >redirect all messages into a separate folder based on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >email address. This creates a fabulous resource that can be searched > >(title > >and text) and can be read or ignored by choice. > > > >I am not a great fan of Newsgroups - they get spammed too much and messages > >get lost or archived. Some ISPs carry them, some don't. All too hit and > >miss for a resource on which I rely and am very grateful for. > > > >Tony > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Matthew Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:58 AM > >Subject: RE: A News Group Perhaps. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was wondering if the mysql list had any plans to be put onto a news > >group. > > > I > > > have only been a memeber a short time but I have found %50 of the > > > information to be usefull. This does however mean that %50 is does not > >apply > > > to me at this time. > > > > > > Due to this I get a lot of emails that are of no use to me at the > >moment. > > > > > > I would be keen to talk about hosting this list as a news group to make > >it > > > browsable so myself and others could pick out infromation that is > >usefull > >to > > > me at this time. The email list could stay for mass contributions but I > > > would rather just browse for information I need. > > > > > > Any thoughts on this ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Matt. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Before posting, please check: > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > ------------------ > Kelly Firkins > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- Etienne Marcotte Specifications Management - Quality Control Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada 514.932.6161 x.4001 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
