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To: g_m10 who wrote (744)	12/17/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2615

I was wondering, what one may need to run a small online forum, kind of micro SI. What software, hardware, etc.? Any chance for a humble person to get it going? I'm a newby to Linux so I can't answer your question. You probably can build it software-wise from standard Linux components and a database.

To: g_m10 who wrote (744)	12/17/1998 9:02:00 PM
From: Mitch Blevins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2615

I was wondering, what one may need to run a small online forum, kind of micro SI. What software, hardware, etc.? Any chance for a humble person to get it going? I think your biggest problem is connectivity. If you can get a full time net connection to a Linux box that you have root on, you have smooth-sailing ahead. However, if you are using a commercial web-host, they usually limit what kind of programs can run on the host. I created a couple of primitive messageboards on my site using html-script, because that is all my provider would let me run. Had I been able to use a real database and cgi, it would not have been so primitive. Let me know which of these situations is closest to yours and I'll be glad to point you in a direction (hopefully the right one...) -Mitch