vBulletin will allow for subscribing to individual message threads,
which you then can receive notification through email when they are
updated.
Also another method of keeping updated could be to implement RSS feeds.
Personally I think RSS feeds are a godsend, for keeping me informed
about updates on a wide array of web resources (everything from local
news, to tech forums, political blogs, software updates from major
vendors, etc). These feeds married with an online RSS-aggregator (I use
Bloglines, but there are others like Google Reader) allow me to access
and keep up-to-date on many things from any web-enabled device.
--
Stephen Bogdanski
Network Support
College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University
>>> On 12/14/2007 at 10:27 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Do any of these bulletin board systems give you the ability to post
as well
> as receive messages via e-mail? (I just now took a quick look at
the
> vbulletin faq and didn't see obvious evidence of such a feature.)
>
> John Gorentz
>
> At 01:19 AM 12/14/2007, Peter J Murray wrote:
>>To complicate things a bit.
>>
>>PHPbb3 is now gold and out. http://www.phpbb.com
>>vBulletin 3.7 will be adding several SWAP like features.
> http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249460
>>Being added: thread tagging, user created groups, improved member
profile
> page, and more.
>>
>>As evidenced by the flurry of messages on NAG after the meeting,
despite
> votes to the contrary, it seems that asynchronous communications are
> important to the group, and a forum would be a great way to keep our
> respective mailboxes clean, and still engage in lively discussions.
As
> someone else mentioned, it would do 80% of what we want.
>>
>>Peter Murray
>>James Madison
>>
>>Ehren Benson wrote:
>>>
>>>Troy,
>>>
>>>What I mentioned was PHPbb3 (version 3). This is an option thatÆs on
the same
> functional level of Vbulletin, however offers (I think) more features
both
> for administrators, moderators and users. Of course the other benefit
is it
> is open source. It also has built in LDAP and other directory connect
> ability. As I mentioned RC8 of it just came out December 1, so the
full
> version should be available sometime late this month or in January.
>>>
>>>I would love to see a forum at least spring out of this that may be
a bit
> more user friendly than an email list, and given the fact that
something of
> its nature is fairly simple to get going that even if itÆs not the
top rank
> could rank high in the ease of implementation.
>>>
>>>I too was surprised that there were so many ôotherö votes and not
many
> ôotherö options brought forward when the floor was opened up.
>>>
>>>/Ehren
>>>
>>>Ehren J. Benson, MCSE
>>>
>>>*Windows Systems Administrator*
>>>
>>>[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>517-355-9200 x2569
>>>
>>>*From:* MSU Network Administrators Group
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On
> Behalf Of *Troy Murray
>>>*Sent:* Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:07 PM
>>>*To:* [log in to unmask]
>>>*Subject:* [MSUNAG] Collaboration Option "D" - Other
>>>
>>>This morning at the MSU IT Exchange we were shown three
collaboration tools,
> vBulletin, SWAP and Angel. During the voting we were asked which one
we'd
> choose, along with an option "D - Other". As I remember, there were a
number
> of votes for "D - Other", but when it was opened up to suggestions
there was
> only one, PHPvB I believe.
>>>
>>>This lead me to wonder why "D - Other" was voted so much; was it
because what
> was seen in the three solutions wasn't liked, because it was felt
there is a
> better solution but not sure what it is or felt there is a better
solution
> but were hesitant to mention it during the session?
>>>
>>>Just curious what your thoughts were.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Troy Murray
>>>Developer
>>>Michigan State University
>>>Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC)
>>>100 Conrad Hall
>>>East Lansing, MI 48824
>>>Phone: 517-432-4248
>>>Fax: 517-353-9420
>>>E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>>>Calendar
>>>HTML -
http://www.icalx.com/html/troymurray72/month.php?cal=BRIC+Work
>>>iCalendar -
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