Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:20:53 -0500 From: Jeremy Vandenhouten <jeremy.vandenhouten@marquette.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RE: mailing list vs. newsgroup? Message-ID: <3777e9375635.3756353777e9@marquette.edu>
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My companies firewall/proxies (considering that I end up going through 2) do not allow me to read external newsgroups. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Potts, Ross" <rpotts@harris.com> Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 11:12 am Subject: RE: mailing list vs. newsgroup? > I'm kinda glad it's a mailing list. My net admins have clamped > down on news > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Rochlin [SMTP:rochlin@mediaone.net] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 12:08 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: mailing list vs. newsgroup? > > Just curious (and forgive me if this is one of those holy war > kind of > questions - I don't mean to be flame-bait). > Is there a reason this is a mailing list instead of a newsgroup? > > (Getting 3+ digests per day (unthreaded) is kind of cumbersome and > doesn't > seem like the most efficient system....) > I just joined the digest list a week or so ago, and it's been very > useful, > but a bit awkward to read through. > Many BSD releated newsgroups get significantly less message > volume than > > this list. > Thanks > ============= > Matthew Rochlin > 708 Nowita Place > Venice, CA 90291 > v. (310) 821-1819 > f. (240) 220-5634 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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