Vince Coen wrote to All:   
      
   VC>    
   VC> Has any one created an interface one way or another that can be linked to    
   VC> the   
   VC> existing mbse menu interface to allow users to read / write to echo areas   
   VC> online may be as a logged in user again perhaps to specific areas.   
   VC> May be a method of downloading and uploading messages from requested    
   VC> specific   
   VC> areas ?   
   VC>    
       
   I've been putting off thinking about this, but today, while tracking down some   
   details on the $MHOME issue (results soon, it's not as big a deal as it might   
   seem), I came across Michiel's pktextract program, which appears to be a first   
   step towards an eventual SQL based web interface. It could be that, anyway.    
      
   I would do a good review of the available web forums based on, say mysql or   
   forks, before doing one from the ground up. Part of me wants to resist the   
   whole idea, because I'm leery of people doing a lot of work that people who   
   aren't even in the community are going to end up making a lot of money off of   
   , and suck up resources, generally without giving any thing back beyond wasted   
   time and attention, but the plus side is that it would, or could, at least,   
   show a larger audience  one way that distributed messaging, by the user,   
   for the users, and  for the users, can work. I see a lot of people here who    
   get   
    all enthused about the slick bells and whistles of modern web design, but I   
   could really care less about that. To each his own, though, and I guess   
   somebody has to be there to make sure the baby doesn't get thrown out with the   
   bath water. I't be nice too if it could be kept simple enough to work at   
   dial-up speeds.    
      
   My 2 cents, anyway   
                                                                                
      
       Greetings, James Digriz   
       email: jbdigriz@bbs.dragonsweb.org   
      
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