I agree 110% with the idea of a forum format. It would help to
maintain specific issues in a more ordinate form and easier to follow.

I am sorry, I am no internet geek to give some help, but it has been
my personal experience in other forums. You can always and easily
backtrack to the issue you want to review or follow.

My 2¢ and please, don't shoot the messenger :),

Alfonso

I don't know what email program you are using but in Thunderbird
you can make folders and drag and drop messages to them.
In effect you are making your own forum format.
If the messages is of no interest just delete it.

If you want to keep it file it under your own folder headings.
I find it very difficult to find information I am looking
for on forums as people decide where they want to place
questions based on their needs and not necessarily my needs.

I wind up placing my questions on the largest thread with the hopes
that more people will read it and my chances of getting good
answers is enhanced.

I may be biased but I like this system better.

Paul Lamar

I agree Paul. Some of the "better" forums "Sticky" important topics
near the top someplace. You have already done this with your
rotaryengine.net home page. So as you are developing a
component, we can follow along here on the email side.

Ed Carver

One problem with forums is if you get into a disagreement with
someone not quite grown up, you end up with a permanent record,
out there for everyone to see, pretty much forever. There is still
some anti-Paul Lamar diatribe on the Matronics engines list posted
by an individual who couldn't carry on a debate with facts through
this newsletter.

Someone forwarded a critique of his engine mount, and he went nuts.
He couldn't figure out that nothing was posted to the Internet,
that the newsletter is a discussion in real time, and if you aren't
a subscriber, no one will hear you scream.

I vote to keep things as they are.
Outlook can be set up for delivery rules, and automaticly sort
incoming mail to folder based on sender, topic header, and more.
Thats how I'm tracking the various projects.
Your results may vary.
C. Smith