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 As for outdated content (noted in an earlier message) - and I 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 >