At 03:25 PM 8/28/2006, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
   I *only*
participate in web forums where a equivalent email list, or USENET
 newsgroup is unavailable.  I find them to be far more trouble than they are
 worth otherwise. 
Seconded. I like a medium where the messages come to me, not where I have to
"get" the messages (in often a completely different interface). % elm 
 
Certainly there are packages that web-ify mailing lists.  You'd think
there would be a plain-jane web forum package that let people participate
only in the web version if they wanted, and posts would be gateway'd
both ways in a transparent fashion.
- John