Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?
Hi,
>>"Gregory" == Gregory Guthrie <guthrie@mum.edu> writes:
Gregory> Given the volume of traffic on this list, I would certainly find a
Gregory> newsgroup more convenient.
I think a newsgroup has nothing to do with this. What it does
have to do with is your choice of software. I happen to read mailing
lists with a newsreader (and upgrade your news software if it is
feature free ;-), but even my mail reading software supports
threads.
Gregory> 1) it maintains threads, and thus has MUCH better
Gregory> organization and access.
How come your MUA does not maintain threads?
Gregory> 2) the linear, header and footer interspersed format of the
Gregory> digested list is very noisy, and hard to read. IMHO.
Again, the problem seems to be poor software. My UA of choice
offers to explode each digest as a a separate group, or to
explode a whole bunch of digests into a sigle group, and then
you deal with each indivudual message.
There maybe other reasons to gatewqay mailing lists to
newsgroups, but lack of threading and digest support in a MUAis a
poor reason.
manoj
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