> Seriously (still) <g> -- can anyone explain why (apparently a lot
> of)
> people find web boards attractive?  I've found one tiny advantage --

Potential for a captive audience for advertising revenue from those
dopey, dancing baloney, web banners that take forever to load over my
28.8-33.6 connection (my phone lines wont do anything over that--USWorst
has a slick system in place to clip the bandwidth).

My two bits?  If they want advertising, I'd support an ad message posted
maybe one or twice a week from a sponsor.

> board, and it's often interesting.  Of course having them searchable
> also
> means that correspondents' addresses are available to spam
> address-harvesting programs...

Many lists that run over listservs have archives.  Of course, archives
cost money, searchable archives cost even more money (or time, or
resources).

Cheers!
Dave
99 VW Jetta TDI
Soon to be owner of an 82 Diesel Westy
98 Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel.
(Makes it really easy when its late at night and cant remeber what pump
to pull up to at the fuel station) =)