On Ma, 16 oct 12, 10:23:54, Richard Owlett wrote: > I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the normal > fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable reason, mail from > all lists from lists.debian.org was interrupted. Also I was unable > to connect to the archive page. Whatever the problem was, it is > apparently resolved. > > That got me looking for alternatives in case it recurs. > I found reference to USENET access via linux.debian.user and was > reminded of the digest alternative subscription. > > I have 2 questions. > 1. Is the link between the USENET newsgroup completely bidirectional > with the mailing list? > I'm posting this via USENET as a partial test for that. It depends on the gateway. AFAIK gmane is the most popular, and they also have a nice web interface. Google Groups is another way to access the mailing list, especially if you want to post directly from there. > 2. I've received a digest version already. It seems awkward - > obviously a reflection on how I'm used to doing things. > My question is "Does there exist some commentary on how to get > the most from the digest?" Digest used to be broken, but even if it is fixed now, in order to be able to reply you need a client that really know how to handle them. This has been discussed recently on list and a few suggestions have been made. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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