I appreciate the fact that this is an e-mail list and not a BBS. A
simple filter segregates list messages from my normal e-mails, and I can
take advantage of the read/follow-up capabilities of my mail reader. On
a bulletin board, it can be much harder to keep track of stuff you've
read, or to sort out the messages by sender, etc, to find an older
message. Plus, I can read at leisure without looking like I'm surfing
the 'net at work :)
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Robert Swier
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:56 PM
To: Post to OM-List
Subject: [OM] Should this list be a bulletin board?
I've thought of suggesting this a bunch of times, but the burst of
recent activity and the comments about the sheer number of emails have
prompted me to go ahead and make the suggestion:
Should this list be a bulletin board? That is, rather than an email
list, should it be a forum run on a website? This would provide a
single location online for posting and reading messages. In general, I
think most people would find this preferable to using email: messages
would not be lost or slow to post, and good bulletin board software
makes dealing with large volumes of messages much easier than most
email programs.
I think http://www.vbulletin.com/ is probably the current leader in
bulletin board software. An example of their software in use can be
found at: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/.
It would cost a little money for a domain name and web hosting, and
the software would cost about $160 or so.
I am certainly willing to help put up a bit of money to help this
happen and pay for the small ongoing costs. There would be a bit of
work to get the site up and running, though I imagine it would not be
too difficult for someone who has done it before. (Which I personally
have not...)
What do folks think of this?
Robert Swier
Toronto
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