Re: conlang.org

FFlores wrote:

> Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > The coolest thing IMO would be a web-board for threaded discussion
> > > much like the email list, but with better control over archives
> > > and the ability to read backward/sideward within a thread.
> > >
> >
> > Well, I'd really hate to see the discussion from the mailing
> > list disappear to a web-based forum. I very much prefer to have
> > the messages delivered to my doorstep without having to be
> > permanently on-line.
>
> Ditto. I for one don't have Web access, only e-mail, and I'm
> very happy with it. Even if I had it, I wouldn't like to have
> to be online while I read my messages.
I'd like to point out that with the conlang list mirrored at
egroups.com, we currently have the best of both these worlds.  If you
want to, you can interact with the conlang list in web-based forum
format, with the threads somewhat conveniently threaded, and all that.
 You can even post new messages from the web interface, *IF* you have
subscribed to conlang through the normal method via the listserver
(just signing up on egroups isn't good enough).

Ed Heil
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