RE: [Hardhats-members] Future of Mailman

[Sowinski, Richard J.]

I was asked by Cameron Schlehuber for a version of GUI Mail, a 
popular Delphi-Based Vista Mail Client that is widely used in
VHA to be used on Open Forum. I don't know if this is the client 
Chris was referring to or whether he is working on something else.

I was asked by Cameron to compile the new non-callback broker into the
application, which permits a connection through firewalls.

Once we've done that, and tested it, I would have no problem making it
available to Open Forum.

I just received the non-callback patch a couple of days ago, so we 
should be able to move on this soon, and hopefully it will work.

I haven't been to Open Forum for quite awhile, so I'm not sure if
this is what is being discussed, or whether something else is being
discussed.

Obviously, multiple e-mail clients are possible.

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Subject: [Hardhats-members] Future of Mailman


User resistance to Mailman in a new implemntation of OpenVistA! 

The problem is that people are accustomed to the easy to use GUI
mail clients and will not be comfortable after having been
spoilt with such systems.

Chris Richardson in an earlier mail stated that they will soon
be having a GUI interface for the Open Forum. Is that going to
be part of a FOIA release or an open source development by
someone outside the VA for Mailman?

What is the approach planned for Mailman for the future in terms
of user interface, POP access, etc.



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Re: [Hardhats-members] Future of Mailman

[Tom Munnecke]

What about extending MailMan in new directions?   One of the things
that worked well for MailMan, I think, was the way that it maintained
state information about the message - who had read what, who had
forwarded or terminated.  I was thinking about generalizing the
capability so that the message thread is enclosed in an _envelope_
which may or may not live in an IN basket.  This object would then be
a container for information flows beyond just message threads - for
example workflows, clinical protocols, pending events, etc.  This
envelope would have its own access moderator, controlling who could
see what inside.

The envelope could be attached to another object as a sticky note so
that someone could annotate a dark spot on an xray, for example, then
trigger a chain of discussion and interaction, all of which would be
visible as a thread.

just some musings...

tom


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