Re: newsgroup, instead of mail list?
Hi,
>>"Rev" == Rev Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@earthlink.net> writes:
Rev> [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (8bit)>]
Rev> On Fri, May 22, 1998 at 03:37:44PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
George> It is a lot easier to follow a high-traffic list with a
George> newsreader than it is a mail reader.
>>
>> Yes. I agree. What does this have to do with gateways, though?
>> Why *don't* people just read mailing lists with news readers?
Rev> There are no easy to set up news servers and you need a server before you
Rev> can use a gateway as I understand it..
As I asked, what does reading mailing lists with news readers
have to do with gateways? I read all debian-* mailing lists with my
news reader. Nary a gateway in sight.
manoj
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