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Jul 11th, 2005, 11:07 PM
abhijit

Email access

Hi Folks,
Could this forum be made accessible through email? I am thinking something along the lines of usenet. Instead of having to login, why not have an interface that can be simply done through email. If the users wish to browse, they are welcome to it.

Cheers,
Abhijit :thumb:
Jul 12th, 2005, 02:11 AM
mendhak

Re: Email access

Like a mailing list? I certainly don't want to receive 400 emails a day!
Jul 12th, 2005, 02:55 AM
abhijit

Re: Email access

Why do you wanna subscribe 2 thread on every forum?
Jul 12th, 2005, 03:55 AM
penagate

Re: Email access

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhijit

Hi Folks,
Could this forum be made accessible through email?

:confused: Not possible or feasible... It would be so much slower!
Jul 12th, 2005, 10:28 AM
visualAd

Re: Email access

What you can do, is when you subscribe to the forum in the Forum Tools menu in the top right of the forum listing, is to choose a daily digest.

This will cause you to receive an email each day, listing the new threads and updated threads for the forum you are subscribed to.
Jul 12th, 2005, 02:11 PM
dglienna

Re: Email access

Search for RSS feed. That may be an alternative
Jul 12th, 2005, 02:12 PM
kfcSmitty

Re: Email access

What is an RSS feed anyways? I checked out some links a while ago...but I don't know what it is
Jul 12th, 2005, 02:20 PM
techgnome

Re: Email access

Quote:

Originally Posted by dglienna

Search for RSS feed. That may be an alternative

You mean the RSS feed that still doesn't exist, that people have been asking for since the last major upgrade, that keeps getting put off due to "more importaint" things?

You mean that RSS feed?

Tg
Jul 12th, 2005, 02:24 PM
abhijit

Re: Email access

Yup, I second that. I do not know where the RSS feed is present.
Jul 12th, 2005, 04:45 PM
dglienna

Re: Email access

1) I thought Brad said that it was turned on a while back.
Here: http://www.vbforums.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=28

2) There is a thread, I forget where, though, that someone else has a link.
and Here: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ght=rss+reader
Jul 12th, 2005, 07:24 PM
RhinoBull

Re: Email access

Quote:

Originally Posted by abhijit

Hi Folks,
Could this forum be made accessible through email? I am thinking something along the lines of usenet. Instead of having to login, why not have an interface that can be simply done through email. If the users wish to browse, they are welcome to it.

Cheers,
Abhijit :thumb:

I remeber days when VB-ZONE.com on DEVX was not a "typical" forum but rather "news group" so you can easily link it to your Outlook Express. It was actually very convenient ... If that's what you're asking then it's not going to happend, I'm afraid.
Jul 13th, 2005, 02:11 AM
mendhak

Re: Email access

http://vbf.danial.net/
Jul 14th, 2005, 11:10 AM
brad jones

Re: Email access

Quote:

Originally Posted by techgnome

You mean the RSS feed that still doesn't exist, that people have been asking for since the last major upgrade, that keeps getting put off due to "more importaint" things?

You mean that RSS feed?

Tg

The RSS feeds were turned on a long time ago (okay, a couple of months). If you need help taking that foot out of your mouth, let me know.

FAQ for RSS Feeds here

RSS 0.91 Feed: http://www.vbforums.com/external.php?type=rss

RSS 2.0 Feed: http://www.vbforums.com/external.php?type=rss2