Heck, I didn't write this.  This was the first message
in this thread I didn't delete before reading.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Geiser [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 10:52 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Message Boards
>
>
> John wrote after Tracy,
>
> > Tracy, you wrote:
> >
> > > For the real why & wherefore of 3kWorld or whatever it's
> > called, see the
> > > "FAQ" at http://www.3kworld.com/faq.asp?sit_PK=41#link1
> >
> > Well, yes, I know what a Board is and what it is used for but my
> > question was "Will they be useful to people especially as
> > HP3000-l is a
> > centralized communication point for all things HP3000 anyway?"
>
> HP3000-L content is taken by 3kworld from our newsfeed here,
> and their use of
> it is another method of subscribing to the HP3000-L
> community.  Some people do
> not have newsfeeds, some like the threaded approach as
> opposed to mailed
> digests or individual messages.  Some mailers show messages
> in a threaded way -
> others don't.  Some folks don't want their mailboxes
> cluttered up - a whole
> host of reasons.
>
> As for outdated content (noted in an earlier message) - and I
> have not looked
> at it recently, but I have checked our event logs and content
> is making it
> over, so if it's not being shown (and again, I haven't had
> the time to look,
> nor do I have it right now), the problem may be on 3kworld's end.
>
> Regards,
> Joe Geiser
>