# Other Boards

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards/11489>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 1999, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards/11489 "1999-11-23T01:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards/11489/21 "1999-11-25T00:44:00Z")

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[www.delphi.com](http://www.delphi.com)

It hosts thousands of home pages and message boards for free. They finally got it switched to the new software and it runs great now. They have a board search engine , so look up what you want for a subject. Jokes to medical are covered.

All member’s can create a home page and a message board for free.

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**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards/11489/22 "1999-11-25T00:52:00Z")

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The delphi forums look somewhat similar to the softwarwe I listed above. I now prefer the UBB boards, but somehow not everyone wants them. I discuss at one other UBB board.

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**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards/11489/23 "1999-11-25T13:44:00Z")

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[www.mudcat.org](http://www.mudcat.org) is a site I lurk at occasionally. Smart bunch, decent soft ware, but highly specilaized. If you have no interest in folk, blues, or traditional music, it’ll bore you.

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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.  
–Einstein

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**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-boards/11489/24 "1999-11-25T13:51:00Z")

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I’m going to check out some of the message boards mentioned. I need an alternative when the SDMB goes down… 😉

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If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.  
– John Kenneth Galbraith

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