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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Scheer</b> <<a href="mailto:nscheer@gmail.com">nscheer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Either way is fine with me. The problem with forums, is that if it is<br>on a slow server, or if it is badly organized from a user interface
<br>perspective, it can be a nightmare to use.<br><br>Plus, you often end up with a lot of bickering about how it should<br>look/feel/behave. Also, *someone* ends up stuck with spending a lot of<br>time maintaining it, and I imagine it is much more costly from a
<br>hosting perspective. PHPBB also tends to get borked by script-kiddies<br>out to prove their l33t-ness by vandalizing any site they can.<br><br>Mailing lists are nice, as you have a lot of flexibility as to how to<br>read/organize/archive-I personally like Gmail's ability to auto-label,
<br>as well as organizing by discussion thread, and allowing really good<br>searchability, whereas a forum dictates the entire user experience for<br>you.<br><br>--Nick</blockquote>
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<div>I second the Gmail recommendation! Auto-threading has made handling busy lists so much easier that I am now in the process of moving all my mail lists over to a gmail account. THIS is the way webmail should be!</div>
<div>PS If anyone wants a free gmail account I think I still have most of my original 100 invites left</div>
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<div>Happy Holidays!</div>
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<div>Jon Hoskins<br> </div>
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