From: "David Kitchens" <spider at webweaver dot com>

> I don't think that anyone is remotely thinking to replace this list with
> the forum but a lot of users do like forums and a lot of users don't.
> Without having the list and forum synced together, I just see a split in 
> the
> userbase is all. I for one, like both formats, I read every list email 
> every
> day and I visit a few forums every day as well. Most forums have a "recent
> posts" feature that show you just the posts that were updated since you 
> last
> logged on so I don't have to go sorting thru all the categories to find 
> new
> posts.

I too am on several lists and a few forums I am very interested in.  I check 
the forums 3-4 times a week at best.  I try more often, but since it 
"catches up" when ever you check one post, I avoid it until I have time to 
actually "catch up."  The m0n0wall list, on the other hand I check several 
times a day.  (Whenever I check e-mail, and I almost always have an e-mail 
client up...)  And if you look at the archives, you will see that a few 
recognizable names do as well.  When the list/forum split occurs (and I know 
it will... Sigh...)  I will occasionally check the forum, but will still 
answer list questions several times a day.  To be honest, I am curious to 
see how it shakes out.

                        Lee