New bbs functionality - Need help testing

Post by **Spike** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:04 pm

Some of you may have noticed that I have been playing around with some new
functionality that I have installed on the bbs. And if you haven't that's ok,
look closely at this post and you should be able to see it. Anyway, before I
open this functionality up to everyone, I would like to have a few of you help
me beta test it. Its worked great for me, but Id like to have a few more try it
out before we open it up so that I can verify it's ease of use and document it
effectively. PM me if you want to give it a go especially if you think this
would allow you to participate more.

-- Spike

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spikescopilot · Post by **spikescopilot** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:25 pm

spike wrote:Some of you may have noticed that I have been playing around with some new
functionality that I have installed on the bbs. And if you haven't that's ok,
look closely at this post and you should be able to see it.

......

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Hint hint....

Post by **Spike** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:26 pm

Hey, that's cheating

spike wrote: Some of you may have noticed that I have been playing around with some new
functionality that I have installed on the bbs. And if you haven't that's ok,
look closely at this post and you should be able to see it.

......

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Hint hint....

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svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:46 am

I wouldn't mind giving it a go. Plus, I'd like to know which mod you got to do it. I'm going to be starting a BBS for our local EAA chapter that will use phpBB. I'd look for it but I'm inherently lazy. Most sysadmins are.

spikescopilot · Post by **spikescopilot** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:45 am

svanarts wrote:I wouldn't mind giving it a go. Plus, I'd like to know which mod you got to do it. I'm going to be starting a BBS for our local EAA chapter that will use phpBB. I'd look for it but I'm inherently lazy. Most sysadmins are.

I'm not sure which one it was -- Spike can help ya on that one when he gets up.

I'm surprised that more people aren't all over this. I figured it'd go over pretty well. I mean, we've essentially just turned the board into a board/email list.

Spike's been reading / posting via email since Wednesday. He was all excited yesterday morning cuz the emails look just like posts (with smilies and everything) if your email reader does HTML. (BTW, I use a text-based reader at work, and it strips all of that crap out, so no worries for you non-HTML peeps).

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:09 am

OK, I'll bite. How do you submit via email?

spikescopilot · Post by **spikescopilot** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:12 am

bmurrish wrote:OK, I'll bite. How do you submit via email?

First you have to subscribe to the forum -- it's a hidden page right now. I'll ping spike to give you the URL. Once you've subscribed, all of the posts in that forum will show up in your inbox. You can reply to them and your reply will show up on the board, and you can even start completely new posts by emailing the forum address (Spike knows them all). And the kewl thing is that UBB code still works.

Spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Paging Spike!!

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:15 am

Ill be sending you guys some stuff via email ..... I figure we will do this for a few days and if it works out Ill "make the announcement" and open it up.

-- SPike

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:50 am

Alright guys, an email has been sent out. Let me know how it goes.

- John

Ill be sending you guys some stuff via email ..... I figure we will do this for a few days and if it works out Ill "make the announcement" and open it up.

-- SPike

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bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:40 pm

I sent my first reply to the RV-8 topic of HS VS Build Order and noticed that yahoo throws some advertisement junk along with my message. That kind of stinks.

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:42 pm

Look at the bottom of this post to see what I am talking about.

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Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:48 pm

Interesting, I didnt predict that. If thats as far as they go though I dont think I will complain that much. The funcionality in my opinion far outweighs that price. Ill see if I can think up of a way around that. I wonder how often that footer changes? Other than that I assume its working ok for you?

-- John

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:48 pm

I wonder why it comes through as a quote when you reply to your own email?

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bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:55 pm

OK, I figured out why it came through as a quote. Another Yahooism.

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:00 pm

I think you lost me on that one..... What is it that you are seeing?

-- John

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I wonder why it comes through as a quote when you reply to your own email?

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Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:02 pm

Wow, what is that? *snicker*

Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:03 pm

Testing two ......

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> I wonder why it comes through as a quote when you reply to your own
> email?
>

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No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005

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bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:04 pm

Opps, you said you wanted it tested, not broke.

I wonder how the smiley face with come through?

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Post by **Spike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:05 pm

Testing yet again ....

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I wonder why it comes through as a quote when you reply to your own email?

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bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:07 pm

A ton of garbage comes through if you forget to remove the original email

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