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[John Foust]

At 03:25 PM 8/28/2006, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
>> I *only* participate in web forums where a equivalent email list, or USENET
>> newsgroup is unavailable.  I find them to be far more trouble than they are
>> worth otherwise.
>
>Seconded. I like a medium where the messages come to me, not where I have to
>"get" the messages (in often a completely different interface). % elm

Certainly there are packages that web-ify mailing lists.  You'd think
there would be a plain-jane web forum package that let people participate 
only in the web version if they wanted, and posts would be gateway'd
both ways in a transparent fashion. 

- John