On Dec 8, 5:31*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
"Gary Osoba" wrote in message

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However, it does not allow for any presentation of attachments,
graphics, or other useful information.

Not strictly true. *You can insert a link to anywhere on the Internet. *A link
can take folks to pictures, documents, etc. etc.. etc.

Since there still are some folks working with dialup or other restricted
bandwidth, that gives them the opportunity to decide for themselves what they
want to download..

Vaughn

As a USNET newsgroup there is little incentive for/chance of
evolution. Large scale hosted service groups can offer more features
(including Google Groups for non USENET groups) and I would argue
that dedicated Forums hosted in vBulletin or simmilar still offer more
capabilities for closely knit communities (and the organizer while
dependent on the software provider is less at the whim of them as say
a group organizer on Google Groups or simmilar). If you want something
better than r.a.s. you might want to advocate for the SSA to host some
forums.

Even with text only and other restrictions I quite like r.a.s. as is.
Maybe because it is relatively light weight.

Darryl