I've nothing really new to add to the eloquent points that Hal, David, Jeff & others have put forward here but felt that I ought to at least add to the show of strength and make the numbers felt.

In my opinion the use of mailing lists and e-mail replies WAS what made p2p.wrox. I fear that this new forum system will just take its place alongside many other desolate and un-used discussion forums. I never had any problems with spam, user-impersonation or "Out of Office" storms and the issue of concealing people's e-mail adresses surely can't be that difficult.

Regards,
James