Is there any good reason *not* to have a users mailing list? It is searchable from the web, just like the forum. And I said before, the cost to create a users mailing list is essentially nothing, and no one has suggested a reason why not. And it's not as if there isn't a precedent:
Two user-reasons not to have a user mailing list...
If a user posts a question of a forum, then they only have to see responses to their question. In a user mailing list, they will get innundated by the 20-100 other user mailing list emails a day until they unsubscribe.
Also, while it's possible to provide web-history of a mailing list, it's not as web-centric as a forum. Mailing list emails do not contain a link to the web posting (you have to search and find it on your own), while obviously the forum posting and the latter notifications link to the web-thread.
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