I am sorry to say that I find the above site a nuisance.There is not sufficient information in the heading to direct the reader to what the content is about.?I don't want to open every email to decide if it is important and I am finding less individuals on the site recording information.I am sure that many individuals-like myself(12 years)?are not posting messages as we did in the past. Comments would be appreciated ?????????????????? Alf________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with unlimited storage. Experience Email and instant messaging together - chat while you mail and mail while you chat! Register for your free email account at http://free.aol.com.au

alfredmiln@aol.com wrote: >I am sorry to say that I find the above site a nuisance.There is not sufficient information in the heading to direct the reader to what the content is about.? > There are problems with messages from the Gateway, because, in the form in which they initially appear on the "Message Board" they get their context by being threaded together, a connection which does not survive the process of being "echoed" to the List. We did debate, long ago, whether or not such messages should be echoed to the List. I voted that they shouldn't, but I was outvoted. So I have learned to live with the problem. >I don't want to open every email to decide if it is important > That does sound rather like cutting off your nose to spite your face! I find I can tell quite quickly whether or not the substance of any message interests me, and if it doesn't, the "Delete" button is ready to hand. >and I am finding less individuals on the site recording information.I am sure that many individuals-like myself(12 years)?are not posting messages as we did in the past. > > That, of course, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you want more traffic on the List, then send us a query or a comment. Gavin Bell

My personal take is that I do not understand and never have understood the need for both a Mailing List and a Message Board. It seems to me that they largely duplicate one another, and therefore have potential for confusion. Even if the creators of the system had in mind some difference in the way they are used, I don't think the majority of those who use them are aware of this. Some people gravitate to the List and some to the Message Board, but the tenor of the messages on both is much the same. Anne