[DMCForum] Re: Appeal for a move to a more MODERN FORMAT

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, I'm going to say this again, and will try to read the replies but
no promises because this new forum format sucks hard core.

I can setup a PHPBB forum AND allow users to opt-in to receiving email
on all topics!! YES, you can have your cake and eat it too. 

This is my preference and there are numerous benefits:

1. People who are used to doing things by email can still do them.
There is one catch, you can not REPLY via email. You have to get on
the html interface to reply. But you can read all you want, and each
message has a handy link that will take you right to the web interface
to post a reply.

2. Different forums can be setup. We can have a "delorean talk only"
forum and we can have a "religion" forum and even a "bitchfest" forum
that Mark can moderate. You only subscribe to the forums you want to
track.

3. PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY READ THE &*^%^ING THING.

4. NO ADS.

I'll even host the damn thing at zero cost to everyone involved. All I
need is a "Yes" from this forum's owners. I can set it up within a
week and we can be done with this Yahoo BS.

Please? Pretty please? 

Oh, and, by the way: GOOGLE GROUPS SUCK. The interface is worse than
this. If this group moves there I may be done as well. 

-Ryan

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jeff Angwin <jeff@xxxx> wrote:
> I agree with Walt, we really need to have the email option. I hardly 
> ever use the web to read through my group memberships. I either get a 
> single email with the days posts added, or I get individual emails for 
> every post, and automatically send them to their own searchable(!)
email 
> folder for parsing whenever I feel like it.
> 
> Yet there IS an alternative to Yahoo Groups. It has very little (no?) 
> advertising, a great web interface, and the option to receive
individual 
> or digest emails. 
> 
> Check out Google Groups at http://groups.google.com
> 
> ---Jeff---
> VIN 3034
> 
> Walter Coe wrote:
> 
> > Konrad,
> >
> > I admit that the Yahoo e-mail format for having
> > discussions -- it sucks.  There are advantages for
> > preferring e-mail.  The biggest for me is that I only need
> > to be online for a few minutes to download my mail.  Then I
> > read & answer them all off-line.
> >
> > I think that there are too many people used to this style of
> > doing things to make a message board format really popular.
> > However, there is a guy who has offered to host message
> > board software that can be made to parallel an e-mail group
> > & vice versa.  I suppose that none of this will happen
> > unless I just go & do it.  I have too much to keep up with
> > already!
> >
> > Walt
> >
> >     * .
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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