RE: Forum

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Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall" <jpeakall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Jonathon,

I for one hate web based forums. I have a really slow internet connection,
and it takes me ages to use a web based forums. I have filters and folders
set up, so the volume of mails doesn't affect me, and I also have a local
archive that I can search.

Just my $.02.

Jonathan



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> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:59 PM
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> Subject: Forum
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> Original poster: Kidd6488@xxxxxxx
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> Alright, I'm sure this idea has been beaten into the ground, but has
> anyone considered switching over to web-based forum / bulliten board,
> as opposed to the mailing list? I love being a part of this group,
> but of the 50+ emails that come in a day, it seems that I am
> interested in only 1 or maybe 2 subjects... I would think that it
> would be easier for everyone, really, considering following a topic's
> history, the much lighter load on the servers, and the lighter load
> on Terry, even though the moderator would still likely have to read
> nearly every post. I'm not positive, but there's probably some free /
> open source BB software out there.  Plus, there's all the other neat
> things, like profiles, and tracking of number of posts, etc.
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> What does everyone else think?
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> Jonathon Reinhart
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