<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Re: The QuadList:</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div>After some further un-successful posting attempts by some of our more frustrated (and previously prolific) posters, I've come to the conclusion that a change in approach is needed.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't want to waste people's time generating further frustration.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll give the current MailMan approach one more try—— IF ——it is possible to back up all the existing messages and subscribers... delete the current instantation of MailMan, create a new one, and import the users and messages.</div><div><br></div><div>And we can then quickly determine that the existing problems have gone away.</div><div><br></div><div>I might create a test list and see if there are problems for these folks first. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm also looking at options, including forum software installable on the <a href="http://QuadVideotapeGroup.com">QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a> website that allows users to receive e-mails about new posts, and reply to them by e-mail.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently available apps that are part of our webhosting package include:</div></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(2, 131, 208); text-decoration: none; ">MyBB</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.2000007629395px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><a href="https://proxy-netadmin-170584.backstage.site5.com/frontend/sa2/apps/index.php#" class="softname_phorum id_undefined" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(2, 131, 208); text-decoration: none; ">Phorum</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.2000007629395px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><a href="https://proxy-netadmin-170584.backstage.site5.com/frontend/sa2/apps/index.php#" class="softname_punbb id_undefined" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(2, 131, 208); 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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16.2000007629395px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; "><a href="https://proxy-netadmin-170584.backstage.site5.com/frontend/sa2/apps/index.php#" class="softname_phpbb id_undefined" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(2, 131, 208); text-decoration: none; ">phpBB</a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div><br></div><div>I haven't had time to research or install/investigate these. Played a little bit with bbPress (a WordPress kin), Vanilla and FUDforum tonight. FUDforum may have support for some of what's needed, as identified below.</div><div><br></div><div>If anyone has specific knowledge of these apps, or the time to do so, I'd appreciate knowing whether they'll allow both a forum approach and an e-mail approach as we have now.</div><div><br></div><div>With 170+ subscribers, I want to be able to import the subscriber list, rather than have each subscriber have to register.</div><div><br></div><div>Being able to import the existing archive of messages and attachments would be a plus.</div><div><br></div><div>If there are other forum or list management apps folks can recommend, I'm interested in hearing about those. </div><div><br></div><div>Ease of installation, setup and management are high priorities.</div><div><br></div></blockquote>That's the scoop for now.<br><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 40px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><div><br></div></blockquote><div>Hope your last Friday in April 2015 goes well.</div><br><div><div style="font-size: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" style="font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">Ted</span></font></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="font-size: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" style="font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">Ted</span></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Quad Videotape Group</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">e-mail:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div></span>
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