"Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> said:

> Picture posting is nice, but for a group the size of Vanagon.com it'll
> break the bank quite promptly. FMBC has been forced to subsidize their
> server with advertising, and I would rather not go there. There are only
> so many sympathetic advertisers out there, and only how much screen real
> estate should one have to give up? As many people have already said: If
> it's a web forum you want, they already exist elsewhere.

Pictures are an annoyance for those with low bandwidth -- links to them
make them optional.

HTML email consumes bandwidth and opens the door to various security
issues, phishing attacks, etc.

Plain text, no graphics or attachments.  Simple, lightweight, usable.

If advertising would help support operational expenses, I certainly
would not object to a one or two line "footer" on messages linking to
vendors such as Bus Depot, Vanagain, etc. if they were inclined to pay
for it.