Re: [cobalt-users] Cobalt Users Message Board

["Lee Herron" <colbalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >Likely it would work and very well... Especially with a searchable format
> >like the UBB system.. not really "chat" dunno if anyone has ever tried to
> > [ ... ]
> >It would take someone with a box that does not and will not have a lot of
> >traffic on it.. and the investment for UBB (about $249. last time I
looked)

I've run a UBB system since version 1 (about three years) -- not bad, but
has some problems. They do have a freeware version, kind of bare bones --
then their are a few others available as well. These details can be gone
into if we get someone to supply the box and time.

> > ... reading a message board post is a lot easier for me

I prefer the stream of consciousness way a linear board presents discussion
as apposed to the mailing list paradigm.

> The whole mail<->board thing gets rehashed every so often. My take is that
> email arrives in my box and I can read it on the plane, in the car, and
> other offline places, which means I participate triple what I could other
> ways.

The nice thing is that we can modify the script to forward a copy of every
post to the board to an email address; say a forum-mirror-list? Of course it
would quite a bit more work to allow posts to be *submitted* by email - but
you could still reply on the mirror list.

> The only *big* issue is that I strongly feel Cobalt should make this an
> official resource, since most who head for the board wouldn't want to also

It, of course, would be better if it was endorsed by Cobalt, and even better
if they provided the box.