Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?
On Thu, 21 May 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a
> newsgroup more convenient.
>
> 1) it maintains threads, and thus has MUCH better organization and access.
>
> 2) the linear, header and footer interspersed format of the digested list
> is very noisy, and hard to read. IMHO.
>
> Note that newsgroups can automatically accept Email inputs, and can also be
> list replicated.
>
> COmments?
Many people DO read debian-user by newsreader. As a matter of fact, there
is more traffic in the Usenet version because posts are not gatewayed back
to the mailing list.
Look for linux.debian.user on a news server near you.
George Bonser
Microsoft! Which end of the stick do you want today?
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