Cool idea. As you know all the messages are numbered already [as are the users themselves].
The trick is only to create a random message picker. Software or paperware.
You COULD just get an email notification for each message posted, print them and do the old pick from a hat method. Very low tech however adn and for trees.
The alternative is to write script to do a readdir of the files in the message file names into an array. Get the $# number of the array and run a random function on it. Pick that index of the array and you have it.
Not exactly hard coding -- but not for the first timer. How's your perl experience?
Michael Farris
OpenTopicâ„¢ Product Manager
