[TriLUG] forum software as an alternative to email?

[John Broome]

On 8/15/07, boyle at laue.chem.ncsu.edu <boyle at laue.chem.ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> On 15 Aug, Warren Myers wrote:
> > I know it's a hosted solution, but Google Groups handles that quite nicely.
>
> Or, TriLUG could run it's own NNTP server.  There could be
> plethora of different groups which could have their own criteria for
> topicality. For exmaple, here are some groups which come to mind:
>
> trilug.distro.ubuntu
> trilug.distro.fedora
> trilug.distro.opensuse
>
> /* and so on for your favorite distros ... */
>
> trilug.desktop.gnome
> trilug.desktop.kde
> trilug.desktop.i_hate_desktops  /* for lovers of icewm, blackbox, twm,
>                                    fvwm, mwm, etc */
>
> trilug.policy.discussion
> trilug.policy.discussion.moderated
> trilug.policy.steering_committee  /* SC business gets posted here to
>                                      keep it transparent */
>
> trilug.rant  /* no one would ever post to this one though :-) */
> trilug.jobs.offered
> trilug.jobs.wanted
>
> or there could be a trilug.help.xxx hierarchy which could be organized
> along the lines of distribution and/or task.
>
> trilug.help.install
> trilug.help.sysadmin
> trilug.help.newbie
> trilug.help.command_line_wizards
> trilug.help.small_business
> trilug.help.large_business
>
>
> There could be any number of groups depending on the granularity needed
> or wanted.
>
> Anyway, my 0.02 and food for thought.

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We should run our own NTP server too!
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:P

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