Hello Doug.

22 Oct 05 10:42, you wrote to me:

DC|> You know I've wondered how hard it would be to make a news group
DC|> reader out of php. A simple frames type thing that you could brows
DC|> down through a set amont of messages. with each message haveing a
DC|> reply button so you could send a reply back to the nntp server.

DC|> hm but then you would need cookies to keep track of who it was that
DC|> was posting and hwo had access as well.

DC|> For instance a page about 4x4's might use a php button to let viewers
DC|> read and write from to others useing the page if it were connected to
DC|> a jamnntpd server then everything would be in a jam db for fido to
DC|> work with.
DC|> The amount of news groups would ony be limited by the page creators
DC|> desire for another php button/newsgroup link.

However, is it not almost redundant?  Seems strange to use a web browser to
access the news server to access FidoNet echoes. :)

Hmmm ... more thought required ...

Robert

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