Rails - Nov 2005 - Rails mailing list <-> web forum gateway

Hi all,

I have set up a web forum ↔ mailing list gateway for the Rails mailing 
list:

http://rforum-demo.andreas-s.net/

It''s still experimental, but seems to work well so far. New mails from 
the list are imported every 5 minutes, posts created in the forum are 
sent to the list immediately.

To make sure that your posts make it to the mailing list, please create 
an account before posting.

Andreas

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Andreas,
 
I like your site!!!  What did you use to import the emails?
 
Michael


andreas-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org wrote:
Hi all,

I have set up a web forum ↔ mailing list gateway for the Rails mailing 
list:

http://rforum-demo.andreas-s.net/

It''s still experimental, but seems to work well so far. New mails from 
the list are imported every 5 minutes, posts created in the forum are 
sent to the list immediately.

To make sure that your posts make it to the mailing list, please create 
an account before posting.

Andreas

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Andreas,
 
BTW, I really, really like this!  :-)  In my opinion, this is something that was
needed by the community - and it better than me scanning through my inbox all
the time!
 
If you added a few things, this would be killer.  Do you mind my input?  I hope
not!
 
Users:  Select a user.  Put an option there to see all posts by that user! 
Maybe also put profile info, like how long they have been a member, total posts,
etc...
 
Search:  Allow search by forum instead of complete search.  
 
If I''m a registered user AND I am logged in, show me a list of posts
that are new since my last login.
 
On the main page, show the most recent 10 items from each forum that have been
updated/created.
 
On the main page, show the most popular (i.e. most viewed, most replies, etc..)
 
Then, host this thing somewhere solid and have a direct link from the ROR
documentation/community site.
 
As a bonus - if we had categories for the posts then all the better!  i.e.
Engines, Components, ActiveRecord, etc...  Perhaps this isn''t possible
(w/o admin overhead) from the main mailing list, but I can only imagine that a
forum like this would become quite popular and people making posts directly on
the forum would have the option of putting them in the right category/sub forum.
 
Excellent work!
 
Michael
  

andreas-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org wrote:
Hi all,

I have set up a web forum ↔ mailing list gateway for the Rails mailing 
list:

http://rforum-demo.andreas-s.net/

It''s still experimental, but seems to work well so far. New mails from 
the list are imported every 5 minutes, posts created in the forum are 
sent to the list immediately.

To make sure that your posts make it to the mailing list, please create 
an account before posting.

Andreas

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codeslush-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> What did you use to import the emails?
The mailing list connectivity is contained in the latest version of 
RForum (http://rforum.andreas-s.net, not yet released).
> Users:  Select a user.  Put an option there to see all posts by that
> user!  Maybe also put profile info, like how long they have been a
> member, total posts, etc...
This already works for users who post from the web forum. Example:
http://rforum-demo.andreas-s.net/user/show/1
> Search:  Allow search by forum instead of complete search.
I''m working on that right now.
> If I''m a registered user AND I am logged in, show me a list of
posts
> that are new since my last login.
Topics with unread posts are displayed bold in the topics list when you 
are logged in. I plan to add a feature that you will automatically be 
directed to the first new post in the topic when you click on a topic 
that contains new posts.
> On the main page, show the most recent 10 items from each forum that
> have been updated/created.
> 
> On the main page, show the most popular (i.e. most viewed, most replies,
> etc..)
> 
> Then, host this thing somewhere solid and have a direct link from the
> ROR documentation/community site.
I''m going to do this as soon as possible.
> As a bonus - if we had categories for the posts then all the better!
> i.e. Engines, Components, ActiveRecord, etc...  Perhaps this isn''t
> possible (w/o admin overhead) from the main mailing list, but I can only
> imagine that a forum like this would become quite popular and people
> making posts directly on the forum would have the option of putting them
> in the right category/sub forum.
Tagging a lot of other features are planned and will be implemented as 
soon as I have time.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Andreas

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Andreas, this is a great invention. Beats mailing lists hands down in my 
opinion. I participate in the spanish mailing list and set up a VB forum 
because I find it much easier to read and use than the list. When I get 
my main site ported to rails then I could definitely use something like 
this for the forum bit. I really like it.

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andreas wrote:
> codeslush-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
>> Search:  Allow search by forum instead of complete search.
> 
> I''m working on that right now.
This is now implemented.
>> If I''m a registered user AND I am logged in, show me a list of
posts
>> that are new since my last login.
> 
> Topics with unread posts are displayed bold in the topics list when you 
> are logged in. I plan to add a feature that you will automatically be 
> directed to the first new post in the topic when you click on a topic 
> that contains new posts.
This too.

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On Nov 12, 2005, at 8:51 AM, Michael wrote:
> it better than me scanning through my inbox all the time
This statement makes me think you aren''t using a mail reader that  
supports threading?  Nobody really reads a mailing list like that do  
they?

--Steve

On Nov 12, 2005, at 7:07 AM, andreas-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org
wrote:
> I have set up a web forum ↔ mailing list gateway for the Rails  
> mailing
> list
Hi Andreas,

Are you using the References: header to do your threading?

Thanks,
Steve

steve-g8GSkY9QmIteoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> On Nov 12, 2005, at 7:07 AM,
andreas-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org wrote:
> 
>> I have set up a web forum ↔ mailing list gateway for the Rails  
>> mailing
>> list
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Are you using the References: header to do your threading?
Hi,

I am using the References header, and In-Reply-To as fallback.

Andreas

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andreas wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have set up a web forum ↔ mailing list gateway for the Rails mailing 
> list:
> 
Thank you.  Thank you.  Thank you.

My Delete key was starting to wear through from all the traffic on this 
list.  I vastly prefer forums.

   Jake

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On Nov 12, 2005, at 12:17 PM, andreas-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org
wrote:
> I am using the References header, and In-Reply-To as fallback
Perfect.

--Steve