Message board software options?

[alienmagic]

My company is looking for a web based message board that meets some pretty specific criteria. I've set up YaBB, but it didn't provide what they wanted. None of the message board software I've looked at provides what is being requested. My company said they are willing to purchase software if no open source is available. So, here's basically what they are looking for:

A message board system that will:

- automatically email users when any new topics are created.

-allow an admin to verify if a user has actually read topics/messages

-email a user again after 24 hours if they have not read a new topic

-has good search functionality

They basically want to be able to track who is reading company announcements and who is not. I told them that I'm not aware of any solutions that provide this, but I was asked to research it. I know its a long shot, but does anyone know of anything that will fit the bill for this?

[irasmith]

I am not sure you will find what you are looking for in a pre-programmed system either Open Source or commerical closed source.

The reason that I say this is because the concept of message boards is usually such that messages can be read without ever logging into the board. To accomplish what you are asking for, the whole message board would have to be non-viewable by the user, only the login page viewable when they went to its main page. Only after they are logged in would messages be readable. This would be necessary in order to track by user what messages they have read and what ones they have not.

Because Open Source solutions include their source code, you or someone you know could make the necessary code changes to tweak the system to your needs.

Hope this helps.

[alienmagic]

Right, I wasn't expecting to find anything b/c forums are generally not mandatory reading. I did, however, get a reference from someone in another fourm to a plug-in for vbulleting that may actually do the job.

[irasmith]

That's great that you are on the trail of a plug-in that might let you do what you need.

Hope it all works out for you.