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From: Diane Dunlap <>
Subject: Re: [PaCambri] gateway from the message board
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:13:38 -0600
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Thanks for the update, and I definetly can see the logic in your choice!
Diane :-)

On Mar 11, 2004, at 12:26 PM, lynne wrote:

>
> This suggestion does come up now and again, and, each time,
> Diann and I discuss the idea. There are numerous pros and cons about
> doing it. However, to us, the cons seem to outweigh the pros:
>
> Some days, only one or two things get posted to the boards;
> other days, it can be as many as 15 - 20. That means you would get an
> additional 15 to 20 emails on that day. For alot of people, that's
> too much extra mail.
>
> The boards aren't "protected" like the list is. Anyone can
> post to the boards; you have to be a member to post to the list.
> Since the boards aren't protected, they can, and frequently are, hit
> by spammers selling all sorts of things that aren't in the least
> related to genealogy. We all get enough of those without adding more
> to our inboxes.
>
> But the biggest reason is that when people get an email, they
> tend to respond with an email. Which means that the boards would be
> full of queries with no answers. Discussions would be one-on-one and
> you could miss a tie-in to your family, etc. If the person who
> originated the board posting isn't on the list, he/she probably won't
> get the answers either.
>
> Gateways tend to do well on smaller lists (like surname
> lists), but seem to create havoc on larger lists.
>
> Diann and I will continue to discuss this periodically and,
> hopefully, one day we may be able to come up with a compromise.
>
> Lynne
>

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