Is there a good way to migrate from a Mailman list to a web forum?

Question

I have a Mailman managed list with years of history that I want to migrate into a web-based forum. Things it would be nice to do:

• Keep the mailing list going for those who are used to and prefer it to a web interface, but have it integrate with the web-forum activity.

• Take the web-based forum posts, and send them out to the mailing list.

I have run sites based on phpBB, Drupal, Simple Machines, etc., and am able to do a little bit of coding if that was what was required to integrate some package into Mailman, or replace it entirely. But I'm unaware of what is available, commercial, or open-source, that could accomplish this. I am also open to replacing Mailman, if the candidate package can perform its functions reasonably well and integrate well into its own forum.

Answer 1

Even if the phpBB/mail2forum option is using the older version, it is a nice option. OpenSceneGraph just implemented this for their long running mailing list, and it seems to work flawlessly. It's the only option I've seen that allows for forum posts and mailing list messages to work very seamlessly, and has the means to allow for tags to separate forum subjects from mailing list posts, etc.

Their v2 dev works with phpBB3, too - so if you're willing to live on the bleeding edge, that might be an option.