[Talisman]

Thank you so much for developing this feature. My past online communities formed originally from mail lists -- ONElist which became eGroups which preceded Yahoo Groups. Once we outgrew the free sites, I bought my vBulletin license and it's been online forums ever since.

I really miss being able to hang out on my own machine without being tied to a browser page -- while getting immediate messages (or daily/weekly digests) and sending out immediate replies right there in my inbox (without having to go to the site all the time). BUT I still want to have an online forum/community to visit too. It'll be great to offer both forms of interaction for my membership so it would better cater to each individual's preferred method.

Thanks again.. this is an excellent idea.