Date:         Tue, 20 May 2008 23:25:54 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: New platform-www.vanagon.us.com?
Comments: To: John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
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Good to know that many like the simple e-mail system.

The other list I'm on that has the 8,000 or so people all voted to stay
with the e-mail listserv system. They upgraded from like version 1.5 or
something like that to 14.5 or so. Big jump. But everybody is happy.
There is something about the directness of the e-mail list that keeps
the community closer together. To me it is so simple to use.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

John Runberg wrote:
> Huh. who woulda thought people loved the volume of email so much :) ?
>
> Alternate position (at least to most I've read) -- use forum software
> that emails new posts out to those that want them. In a perfect
> world, allow people to post from email. Alright, who's first to swing
> at me?
>
> Seriously, there are a couple distinct benefits to a more modern
> system (note, I didn't say forum, just something more modern).
>
> - ability to post pictures
> - ability to do a decent search in a reasonable amount of time
> - possibly a large reduction in duplicate posts (tires, coolant, etc...)
> - ability to link to older posts / threads that answer a common question
> - ability to easily ignore topics that don't interest you (instead of
> wading through page after page of it)
>
> Full Moon Bus Club (if someone mentioned it already, I'm sorry.
> Haven't been keeping up on my Gerry) works really well using a forum
> and honestly I think it's better in some ways and not as good in others.
>
> To each their own...
>
> john
>
>