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Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?



>>>>> "SL" == Steve Lamb <morpheus@calweb.com> writes:

SL> Uhm, I beg to differ.  On a newsgroup with moderate traffic (50-60
SL> messages/day) the amount of data transfered to read what I want to
SL> read is less than if it were a mailing list.  The difference is, a
SL> mailing list, all message bodies are transfered.  With a newsgroup
SL> only the bodies of the messages read are transfered.

Which newsreader for Linux do you use that offers this functionality (get
the headers, disconnect, select postings, reconnect, get the messages
selected)?  Is it packaged for debian?

Ciao,
	Martin


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