I think it has been well demonstrated that people DO want the BBS. A mailing list has been available for ages, and receives virtually no traffic at the moment. I don't believe for a moment that this is because the list is hosted by OneList (or whatever they're called now).

Conversely, people here are now donating money to upgrade the BBS software!

If the purpose of the new mailing gateway is to pull content from the BBS to gain popularity, and then to ultimately replace the BBS, I find that a little anti-social. It will also be very detrimental to the empeg community, as the BBS provides a great interface for new or potential owners to browse through the last year or so of conversation. A mailing list digest doesn't attract the same "drop in, have a browse, look a little deeper, get hooked" effect.

Rob