Re: How to use debian lists

[cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

mikepolniak <mikpolniak@adelphia.net> wrote:
>You might want to read the debian list in a news group like 
>muc.lists.debian.user. I switched from  reading debian-user as a mailing 
>list to a newsgroup . 
>
>Reading from a news group is only a few hours behind  the mailing list, but 
>you can still reply directly to the list and a good newsreader has all the 
>threading and filters you need plus you wont see messages you've already 
>marked as read. Works for me.

I must say I much prefer reading mailing lists as newsgroups, although I
roll my own news gateway rather than using linux.* or whatever. Replies
can be fiddly, but I've set up my newsreader to handle most of it and
I've kind of got used to it.

The main benefit of a newsgroup is that the news server will
automatically expire messages that I obviously haven't got round to
reading within a couple of weeks or so. I'd go mad otherwise. :)

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Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]