Matthew Hunter wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:42:48PM -0400, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: >> You know, another option would be to create a message board with sub-areas >> for different things, then phase out the list(s) and then there wouldn't be >> the problem of lots and lots of Email (doesn't bother me much, as I'm used to >> vast amounts of Email). > > This has the side effect of effectively preventing me (and > others, I'm sure) from participating. I can't stand web-based > message boards, while I live and breathe mailing lists. Although I think we should let the list run just a wee bit longer before already talking about phasing it out :) (particularly if we're indeed going to split off the group read and the RPG, which I think would be a very good idea) - I do wonder about what exactly you can't stand about web-based message boards. I mean, sure there are some abominations out there (ezBoard anyone?), but if you set a board to just do plain text and allow none of those annoying graphics, it does offer some distinct advantages over mailing lists. Particularly in that you _go_ to read the conversations, rather than that the conversations _come_ to you. So if you see a topic of a few thousand characters, you can simply choose not to open it, rather than get it delivered to your inbox without having anything to say about it. :) May you always find shade and water, Sander