OK, the forum is coming..

[Ben Burdette]

>
> A gateway would not work. Forums and mailing lists are two quite 
> different means of communication. In a forum you can edit things, move 
> them, delete them. Also, discussing in a flat view doesn't only look 
> different, it works differently. Also, if you connect both, you get 
> all the trash that's ok in a forum because you can skip it sent to 
> everyone in the mailing list.
>
>   
So, you need to have a forum that is set up to work like a mailing 
list.  No editing, threaded discussion.  Don't have a flat format.  I 
don't see what's wrong with that.