[shaunsteig]

I've enjoyed the B/S/T area immensely since joining Net54 less than a year ago. It's the area that I go to first when stopping in to check out the board each day. And my experience as both a buyer and seller have been great -- which I think is a testament to the other members here who interact with each other with respect and thoughtfulness and appreciation for our shared interests.

As for the PM feature, the one benefit over e-mail is that is allows communication without disclosing one's own e-mail address. The downside, though, is that the other person can't respond by e-mail. For me, I often go hours if not a whole day without getting a chance to sit down at a computer and log into Net54, so responding to PMs is a real chore. I do have a BlackBerry, so I do see the message of the incoming PM right away. Leon -- would it be possible to add a feature to the PM that allows one to respond to a PM by e-mail? It wouldn't go to the recipient's e-mail, cause that remains private, but instead back to the recipient's PM mailbox.

For the above reason, I've preferred to go with e-mail when communicating through the board. But, the composer for PMs is somewhat better in terms of allowing preview of the message as well as in-line image insertion (ie scans of cards). Also, the PMs can get saved in a sent mailbox, whereas any e-mails composed through the board do not get saved anywhere -- Leon would there be a way to save those messages somewhere? or perhaps just have it cc'd to my own e-mail? Sometimes I'll shoot a message and the reply comes back in brief and I can't figure out what my original message was about.

Thanks again for creating such a wonderful environment here.
--S