With most forums, there are options to still receive email notifications of new posts - usually per post or the daily digest format. Some even allow users the options to "post" to the forum by email. I do not know the specifics of the proboards.com site being discussed, but what you enjoy about this list now is still potentially doable.
Mike On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 3:06 PM Megan McHugh <[email protected]> wrote: > I see several posts about creating a forum. What that means to me is a > place I would have to remember to go to, in addition to the other places I > go for news. I really like getting email messages from my various lists > and frankly am not that likely to go look for posts on a site I have to go > log in to. > While I can’t say yahoo is the best place, I am able to keep track of > posts because they are delivered to my inbox. > If the new forum cannot do that, it is of limited use, at least to me. > Just my 2c. > -Megan > > > > On Apr 27, 2019, at 10:35 PM, Michael Deibert <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Have you used www.proboards.com before? I'm not familiar with that one, > > though the forums I am involved with are most likely professional paid > > setups which we don't need nor want. I'd be a willing guinea pig. > > > > A forum allows many things this list does not. You can create thread > > categories - categories based on time periods would be a prime option, so > > that if you have zero interest in one period, you don't need to > continually > > be getting emails while others in this group discuss things in that > period. > > (One thing that has always irked me about email listserves. Yes, I can > just > > delete it based on the subject, but how often does the subject of the > > thread stay relevant?) > > > > It creates a place to go to. Right now, most of us get new posts as > emails > > - right alongside our work email, family emails, and all others. Unless > you > > have signed up using an email account purely for this list, things get > > buried or overlooked. Many people like Facebook, Pinterest, etc because > > there is something more there (though it also succumbs to the issue of > > being too much to sort through as well). An actual forum gives us our > > place. > > > > Michael > > > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 1:55 PM Wanda Pease <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Historic Costume, please. It wasn’t broke, don’t fix it 😄 > >> > >> Regina > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >>> On Apr 27, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> So long as the name makes it clear that it's a forum for discussing > >> historic costume, any name is fine with me. Both of your suggestions > suit > >> me fine. > >>> > >>> I'm willing to be a guinea pig, though I'll be away from May 1-6. > >>> > >>> On 4/27/19 6:56 PM, Wicked Frau wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> So I am going to create a forum at https://www.proboards.com . I > will > >>>>> need a few guinea pigs to test it out and see if it even begins to be > >> what > >>>>> we want. I need at least one or two each of tech savvy and Luddite > >> type > >>>>> folks. > >>>> The first order of business is what to call it. Should we just call > it > >>>> Historic Costume? Or something that makes reference to its origins: > >> Like > >>>> HCostIndra. > >>>> Tell me what you all want! > >>>> Sg > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> h-costume mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Catherine Olanich Raymond > >>> [email protected] > >>> (610) 805-9542 > >>> > >>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I > learn." > >>> Benjamin Franklin > >>> > >>> Confidentiality Notice > >>> > >>> This e-mail message and any documents accompanying this e-mail > >>> transmission contain confidential and/or legally privileged information > >>> The information contained herein is intended only for the use of the > >>> individual(s) named on the e-mail message. If you are not the intended > >>> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying or > >>> distribution of this information or the taking of any action in > reliance > >>> on the contents of this e-mail transmission is strictly prohibited. If > >>> you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the > sender > >>> advising of the error and delete the message and any accompanying > >>> documents from your system immediately. Thank you. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> h-costume mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
