---- Micah Salb  wrote: 
> > But the problem with online message boards is that you have to go there.  Wi
th list-serves, the emails come right to you.
> 
> Micah

Sure, so if that's a problem for the using community it shouldn't use them. 
Again, TANSTAAFL. 
 
James 

> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> > From: oldtools-bounces@r... [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Jame
s Pickering
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:39 PM
> To: oldtools@r...
> Cc: oldtools-request@r...
> Subject: [OldTools] Re: old tool wiki
> 
> > I don't contribute very often here so my name is probably unfamiliar to most
 of you. I think there is a lot of misunderstanding these days relating to the c
omposition and functioning of online Message Boards and Forums. There are severa
l excellent iterations of these implementations that are free and allow unlimite
d use (i.e. without regard to band width). Of course they are free because you g
rant the providers permission to insert related advertising banners at their con
venience. It has been my experience that the ads these days are neither excessiv
e or overly obtrusive. If you don't want the ads you have to pay a monthly fee -
- its TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch). I have operated fre
e message Boards/Forums during the past few years with nary a problem.
> 
> > These Message Boards and Forums offer full feature editing, BB code or HTML 
formatting, inclusion of images .... and so on. Problems encountered in initiati
ng these facilities include:  finding an Administrator who has the time and know
ledge to make them tick and keep them going (old fogey retirees with some comput
er moxy are ideal) - a couple or so Moderators (to cover international time zone
s) to delete the inevitable porn posts or other nasties - AND ENOUGH ONGOING PAR
TICIPATION - otherwise they die on the vine.
> 
> Anyway, I have set up a dummy free Message Board:
> 
> http://members.boardhost.com/jamesicus/
> 
> And a dummy free Forum:
> 
> http://jpf.boardhost.com/index.php
> 
> > So that you can see what they look like. Play around with them - test featur
es: you cant hurt anything - ask questions here  - I will answer them to the bes
t of my ability.
> 
> James
> http://jp29.org/
> 

--
http://jp29.org/ - Portal to my Web Sites & Pages

------------------------------------------------------------------------