Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?

[Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

>>>>> "MvS" == Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> writes:

MvS> Gating mail to news is NOT a good idea. Why? Because a lot of people
MvS> do it.

But it does work well, if it is centralised. de.alt.comm.isdn4linux is a
(both-sided) gateway to a mailinglist. 

For me, it doesn't matter (I use gnus), but I prefer the newsgroup,
because I can cancel or superceed some of my braindead postings if I am
fast enough ;-)

Some things I expect, if there is a gateway:

 - "Your question got answered two days ago. Why don't you read befor you
post" - "Sorry, I don't understand you. I just subscribed to the list and
..."

 - People will start to forge their email address

 - We get a decent searchengine for the lists (via dejanews)

Ciao,
	Martin


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