Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:17:00 +0100 From: "Alson van der Meulen" <alm@flutnet.org> To: weiwuzhang@263.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newsgroup, or, mailing, list Message-ID: <20020105111659.GD26968@alm.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <F133n5yIVqVWrx5zAa600017268@hotmail.com> References: <F133n5yIVqVWrx5zAa600017268@hotmail.com>
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Zhang Weiwu(weiwuzhang@hotmail.com)@2002.01.05 18:45:45 +0000: > > > i wonder why mailing list keeps being our main method contacting even > the newsgroup is better organized? I often find that i cannot make the > thread clear. And if we use newsgroup i can choose wheather to Some MUA's, like mutt, do support threading. > download a message while using mailing list i must download it frist. You don't have to, for example with webmail, running your MUA on a shell server, or using IMAP. > And i have to subscrib it before being able to view and send any > thing, and i cannot search old posts (you can use google to search any > old newsgroup messege). In microsoft newgroup i often get the reply > like "someone asked this decades ago, search for 'WMI' and 'shutdown > computer' in google you get the answer", it make MVPs easier to answer > those question that had perviously replyed, and plp can thus search > for tips through google before they ask. There are mailing list archives, try http://marc.theaimsgroup.com, or http://www.freebsd.org/support.html#mailing-list. You can both browse and search in these archives. I think mailing lists are fine, especially since email is usually easier available (for free) than newsgroups (there are plenty of free email services, not many free news services though). Alson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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