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Re: Amphicar-Lovers Forum: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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Daniel and Kathy Gibson
 
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Re: Amphicar-Lovers Forum: IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - 12-26-2007, 11:00 PM


Mike Israel wrote:
>
> This has been the biggest sticky point keeping me from migrating
> sooner. I will be incorporating a "compromise solution by including
> an option for instant email notification for forums. If you are
> subscribed to a forum using instant email notification, whenever a new
> thread is posted you will be sent an email containing the details and
> the thread text. You do not need to subscribe to each thread and you
> will get full message text. The downside is that you can not reply
> via email but will have links to quickly do so. The upside is that
> while we may have fewer users the forum format may encourage more
> active users. We have 557 members but I think fewer than 50 ever
> post, and maybe 20 regularly. The "active users" are the ones asking
> for enhanced capability.
>
I think I am understanding this correctly. We are basically going to
lose our ability to communicate via email like we have now? I guess that
will be OK, but having to log into a forum to post is not nearly as nice
as what we currently enjoy. I hope this does not lower the number of posts.

Dan
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