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Date:      Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:48:03 -0400
From:      "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com>
To:        "Matthew Rochlin" <rochlin@mediaone.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: mailing list vs. newsgroup?
Message-ID:  <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAOEFECAAA.troy@psknet.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001018090345.018cf0d0@pop3.norton.antivirus>

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Hmm... because usenet sucks?

mailing list digests aren't very nice at all, at least I don't like them
much.

I just set up procmail to pre-sort my mail for me (>20 lists).  I use
Outlook 2k (no jokes please) for reading my mail through IMAP, and
everything 'just works.'

In the bad old days of pop3, I had numerous filtering/sorting rules in place
to sort my messages as they came down.  I hope I never have to do it that
way again.

--
  Troy Settle
  Pulaski Networks
  540.994.4254

It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew Rochlin
> 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
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> Venice, CA 90291
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>
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