From: fr33domlover Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:08:16 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Ask about forum/ML integration X-Git-Tag: 3.20150107~87 X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/0c3647f26d4cdbf2e596f13c3eb59d3cb9fa91fc Ask about forum/ML integration --- diff --git a/doc/forum/proposal:_mailing_list_and_forum_integration.mdwn b/doc/forum/proposal:_mailing_list_and_forum_integration.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..57f2fc33a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/proposal:_mailing_list_and_forum_integration.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +For a while I've been wondering how to use a communication channel which can be +accessed both by e-mail and web interface, while using ikiwiki's git repo. There +are solutions like Drupal which can combine mailing lists and a forum, but then +you lose the ikiwiki integration. + +So I had an idea: + +What if an ikiwiki server subscribes to a mailing list, and automatically posts +under a "forum" page (like the [[/forum]] here) every time it gets a new e-mail? +And when someone posts a new entry using git or the web UI, it can send an +e-mail to the mailing list! (perhaps mark it somehow to avoid an infinite loop) + +Does something like this make sense? It can work not only with e-mail but also +with other forum tools (e.g. Syndie). Are there any critical synchronization +issues I'm missing? If not, I'd like to suggest this as a feature and add this +to my todo list :-) + +Currently I have mail and forum separate, and I'd like to integrate them. If I +get positive feedback, I'll start working on it at some point (soon, I hope). + +-- [[fr33domlover]]