>From Jojo
> ... For that matter, maybe the regular old folks here can see the benefit of > a Forum Format and help me prevail upon Bill to convert. I find it perplexing > why this suggestion of mine is not receiving its rightful support from old > folks. Are old folks here really that content with this retrograde mailing > list? It's time to get with the times. Mailing lists are so old tech and > cumbersome. Jojo, IMO, there is a reason you remain perplexed. Give it time. Since I will be turning 60 this August, perhaps that makes me an honorary old fart in training, but who knows. IMHO, this old primitive no-frills retrograde mailing list server has survived for decades precisely because it portends to be nothing more than what it is: a simple mailing list. Alas, there will always be young folks, that damned younger generation and all their infernal ideas, like Jojo, who will come along and want to stir things thing up, to improve things. And that is a GOOD thing. Sooner or later, they will succeed. I sure as hell hope they succeed! However, and this is just as a suggestion, wanting to overhaul vortex may not be the best approach to improving things. Have you considered creating the kind of forum you envision Vortex ought to be yourself? From what I can tell working with web editing tools, like WORD PRESS, would be very good at putting together such a forum. It's easy software to use. It's designed to manage forums. Set something up, and then begin advertising the fact that such a new and improved forum exists, so come on over! What's stopping you? Build it, and they will come. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_Dreams Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
