Erutan (and others),

  I highly recommend going with a preprogrammed WordPress plugin that handles all the features requested.

  After non-exhaustive research, I'd go with:

 

  That way we'd get both sets of benefits -- a hosted forum with files and history, and also the ability to interact via email.

  I think the same things can be done with the bbPress plugin as well. 

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  WordPress makes lot of sense because every Web Host offers it now, plus the number of plugins it supports is vast.  Very few things need to be done by hand any more.

  Plus, I think the Harryproa site is already in WordPress, in which case everything could be on a single location, plus backups of the site done by the web host (and periodically downoaded to somewhere) would then also contain the complete forum archive as well.

  I can't offer to configure and run the forum, but I'd be willing to fork over the hundred bucks to cover the cost of a reply-by-email plugin if the open-source version doesn't work out.

        - Mike

 

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