I run a INETA/MSDN based .NET User Group called the ‘.NET User Group Karachi’ and the task of moderating the online forum which we have on MSN Groups becomes a bottle neck for other tasks I am involved with namely my BCS degree and my obsession with software architecture. I want all the members to get fresh news and greater content, the reason they signed up for in the first place, but I can not do it manually so I have come up with this little idea, that I would also share here I guess.
Create an email account with a service that gives free forwarding (hotpop.com is really good) and subscribe to all the content (newsletters, flash etc.) and confirm their initial emails, once done with that register the email now with the group and voila instant content. The idea has some drawbacks like forced content and random removal by any one member can leave to no cent for others some times too but fore now on its working.
Another option is to configure a client to forward all messages with the word .NET in them to the group; you can do this in outlooks by using filters easily. I can’t run outlook all the time so I did not go for this better option.
I have tons of more content ideas in my head but as I have not slept in the past two days I will let me wait before i write them up.