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On 28/01/2009 15:38, Neil Williams wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:14:21 +0000 > Paul Sutton<zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>>>> is there a website forum for this list ? >>>>> > > (I hate forums and I've no time to be a moderator or maintainer, let > alone remove all the inevitable spam.) > > Isn't there an existing forum somewhere that can be re-branded? > > >>>>> if there isn't - is there a reason why not ? >>>>> > > spam, spam, spam, spam. I've run forums before and they are the worst > idea ever devised for the www IMNSHO. It's a good enough reason for > me. ;-) > > >> perhaps we can hook it in to the members area, so if you login to that, >> you can get access to the forum. >> >> that means 1 site, 1 login, >> >> Neil is that possible? >> > > Unlikely - at least not in the current configuration. > > The DCGLUG membership area is completely bespoke and was not designed > to integrate with other third-party tools. Mapping the current > usernames to the forum membership would be subject to the third-party > tool having a non-www API for adding members. > > It's bad enough getting spammers pretending to be new members of the > membership area. If that carries on, I'm going to need captchas on the > "Join DCGLUG" page. Selfish idiots spoiling the web for everyone else, > drives me nuts. The web is a very unfriendly place, full of people > just waiting to ruin the experience. > > So I guess if one of us was to setup an unofficial DCGLUG forum and moderate it ourselves would that be okay? I do see your point though to be workable I guess it would need dedicated moderators who could make the time to block things like Spam etc. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html