On 06/12/2009 11:25 AM, Viktor Szakáts wrote:
AFAIK it is also possible to install phpBB under the:
http://harbour-project.sf.net/forum/
link (or anywhere inside our sf.net hp), but in this
case we must do the installation and maintenance.
Or we can install directly into http://www.harbour-project.org/forum.
Independent of URI the stage of installation and maintenance is not
complicated and I can help because I have done this before, even on
other sites.
It would be the best.
Phil, can you support such solution?
In the past, every single forum, shared photo solution, or other canned
packages have been compromised within a year of being installed.
I'd prefer to stick to mailing lists.
Let's compare how forums work compared to mailing lists.
Joining:
Forum Need to join and confirm by email before you can post.
Mail Need to join and confirm by email before you can post
Speed:
Forum As soon as you post, everyone can read it.
Mailing As soon as you post, it is sent to everyone.
software
Forum: Browser, everyone has one or more.
Mail: eMail. Everyone has one or more.
Searching:
Forum: Only as good as the package you are using allows it to be.
Mailing list: We can search our archives with Google.
Control
Forum: Admins have control. The host always has advertising on the pages.
Mailing: Admins have control. Since mailing lists are hosted on my
server, there is no advertising.
Spam
Forum: people can join and spam
mail: people can join and spam.
Overall, I just don't see much difference. People keep making this
argument, but there isn't much difference between a bbs forum and a
mailing list. Have we actually promoted our user support mailing list?
Have we added a Google search link? Is it obvious on our main page? If
we haven't, it's failed because nobody knows about it.
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