Hi Joe - I'm in favor of gatewaying the message board to the mailing list. Mary Ann (MacDonald) McConnell Troy, NY >From: Joe Makowiec <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Antigonish] Thanks; Message board posts >Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:50:08 -0400 > >- I had initially thought to post to the list an announcement that there >was a new listowner, but thought better of it; but Linda beat me to the >punch. So - thanks all for the kind wishes, and thank you Linda for your >work starting and maintaining the list. I've had the good fortune to meet >a few listers in person, and to swap e-mail with others, many of you >cousins. Researching in Antigonish County has been a great deal of fun, >and I look forward to keeping the list running, hopefully as well as Linda. > >- Apropos of which, one of the things I had discussed with Linda over a >couple of years was whether to gateway the message board to the mailing >list. Linda never did get to it, and decided to defer to me. Another list >I belong to does it, and I find it a bit annoying. However, I guess it's >not too bad once I figured out that the best bet is to reply to posts >coming from the message board via the message board. > >- One downside to using a gatewayed message board is that original messages >don't get quoted to the reply. On the board that's OK, because it's >relatively easy to find the prior post; on the list it can be difficult to >impossible, particularly if you dump your trash regularly. > >- I bring this up now because of the White/Leblanc message I posted to the >list recently, following Linda's practice. This post elicited one reply on >the list, but five replies on the board.[1] It looks both interesting and >useful if you're researching that name. > >I bring this up to ask list members' opinion - should we gateway the >message boards to the mailing list? Further data: at the moment, there are >25 messages on the board, dating back to 13 May, or about 5 per month. Of >those 25, there are 11 threads; 6 original posts didn't get replies. Of >about 16 separate posters, I only recognize 2 as list regulars, so we would >be broadening both their and your audience. > >So - what do people think? > >Joe > >[1] You can see the whole thing at: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.canada.novascotia.antigonish&m=137 > > >which shortens to: > >http://tinyurl.com/58tqe > > >==== CAN-NS-ANTIGONISH Mailing List ==== >Search the Antigonish Threaded Archives!! >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/can-ns-antigonish >