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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Though very valid technology points, the fact that it's NOT web-based (like a forum) means a lot less noise from trolls, spammers and other idiots. The inability to have HTML keeps messages visually clean and reduces virus attacks. No images means people with modems can actually get their messages downloaded quickly. Reducing extended quotes makes searching MUCH quicker with less noise (this is true for any text technology). Email is easier for me to download into my PDA (a HandSpring in this case) than a web page. In actuality, this "old" technology works extremely well for our purposes! As for the [T3] part, yes, it does get added to the original message. Should someone reply to a message and remove it -- or not add it if it's not there -- they system 'recognizes' the message and doesn't add the tag because (it thinks) it's not necessary since the original message would've had one. And Greg has tried to do a fix on this 'bug' but without success. For email I recommend people simply pay attention -- it's really that frickin' easy! Reply ONLY to the list and NOT THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR unless they tell you to (I'm not the only person who does not like getting duplicate mail). Remove text that isn't necessary. And make sure the subject line reflects the subject at hand and includes the [T3] in it; add it yourself if it's not there, very easy! Very simple stuff, volks. Maybe only us anal personalities actually get it ;) Toby "in a bitchy mood" Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex suspension, 2.25" MagnaFlow Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >Actually, these are all symptoms of outdated technology. E-mail based >newsgroups and forums are old technology, and show their >limitations with >these issues and the fact that you can't post pictures or HTML >messages. >With the availability of web-based forums, such as Shop Talk Forums or >VWVortex, this e-mail based arrangement is becoming somewhat >antiquated... No worries about extended quotes in messages, long >digests full of redundant information, no mailbox full of messages that may >or may not be helpful to you, and the ability to link to pictures if they're posted somewhere on the web. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe </x-charset>