From a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Sun Apr 27 06:07:03 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 27 Apr 2003 13:07:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 43299 invoked from network); 27 Apr 2003 13:06:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Apr 2003 13:06:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Apr 2003 13:06:59 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 199lrv-00085D-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:06:59 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 199lro-00084u-00; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:06:52 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lmsmtp03.st1.spray.net ([212.78.202.113]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 199lrh-00084l-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 06:06:45 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (host81-7-58-139.surfport24.v21.co.uk [81.7.58.139]) by lmsmtp03.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592343D03B for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2003 15:06:12 +0200 (MEST) To: Subject: [lojban] Re: BPFK phpbb Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:05:59 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal X-archive-position: 4963 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: "And Rosta" Reply-To: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=122260811 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin tsali: > On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, And Rosta wrote: > > > [...] But it's unlikely that it will be > > practicable for me to participate unless I can compose > > contributions off-line with the freedom of composition > > that email offers > > I don't understand why you find the phpbb lacking in "freedom of > composition". If you find it difficult to compose messages in an edit box > on the web, why don't you compose the posting in your favourite text > editor, and then cut-and-paste it into the forum? I don't want to go into details publicly here, because it will seem like a mere whinge. > > [...] I suspect that the low level of participation > > & activity in the current setup is evidence that I am not > > alone in finding the current setup impractical > > I don't know about the other lojbanis, but the low level of pariticipation > on *my* part is twofold: 1) lack of interest in esoteric, technical > discussions, and 2) lack of time and energy, due to real world pressures > (exam is coming up in ~3 weeks, yay!) (2) applies to me too. --And.