[NTLUG:Discuss] A NTLUG BB

[MadHat]

On Aug 22, 2004, at 2:13 AM, Paul Ingendorf wrote:
> I think this list would benifit from a BB.  Sure would take care of 
> some of
> the issues that are seen in here.  A $10/year or $1/month fee could 
> also
> help support the bandwidth requirements.  Anything above and beyond the
> costs of server bandwith could be used for the meetings every month.  
> Maybe
> a small amount set asside for future potential server hardware issues.

I disagree.  BB's are not a good thing in my mind.  They where ok, when 
there was not Internet, but the web based BB systems are not good for 
this type of discussion on my eyes.  I run several and never read them 
because I don't have time.  I would much rather use email, where I can 
filter and have everything delivered to me without having to visit a 
dozen different sites or news groups and have to weed through all the 
crap.   I can use filters to manage what I want to look at and it is 
all on my notebook, so I can download everything and read it all on the 
road.  But I am not a big fan of IMAP either, so YMMV....