[WEB4LIB] Web-based bulletin boards?

[Jian Liu]

I asked a similar question earlier, and got quite few leads. Since then I
have tried several of them, available at
http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/ \
Bulletin_Board_Message_Systems/ (should be on one line). Ultraboard,
Discus and Ultimate Bulletin Board are all pretty good. WebBoard by
O'Reilly is probably the best.

Jian

> 
> Hi, 
> 
> I have a question from a faculty member interested in creating a web-based
> bulletin board. 
> He needs (I quote): "a format allowing for a list of issues to be posted
> separately on the bulletin board, with faculty members able to click on a
> topic, follow its thread of discussion and eventually post his/her own
> messages (directly from the website)".  
> I let him (them) see the email lists provided by places like: Topica
> (www.topica.com) or ListBot (www.listbot.com), but what he (they)
> need is a "web-based bulletin board".
> Does someone know about any places on Internet providing such a services
> (free if possible)?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Andy Mezynski
> South Texas Community College Library
>