Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:17:51 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> To: "Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: mailing list vs. newsgroup? Message-ID: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAIEFFCAAA.troy@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E870846497B@fdntx001>
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I've been in the ISP biz for about 5 years now. POP3 is the only service I promote to my users. If they want to use IMAP, they're able to do so, but I will not directly support it. That said, I myself, will only use IMAP for mail access. I need to be able to read and reference my mail from anywhere, be it from my office, home, hotel room, or a friend's house via the web. POP3 just doesn't offer that level of flexability. Now, back to the topic. IMO, email is *much* more efficient for the end user than usenet. I personally wish that those use run Usenet would realize that it's a dinosaur that should be left for dead. The only real advantage to usenet, is that it's /much/ easier to find forums of interest. It's also easier for spammers to harvest email addresses :) Anyhoo, this really isn't a point worth argument. If you want to read the FreeBSD lists via usenet, set up a gateway to your local news server. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > -----Original Message----- > From: Cribbins, Jason [mailto:Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 2:57 PM > To: Troy Settle > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: mailing list vs. newsgroup? > > > >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. > > > Bad old days? What ISP do you have that doesn't use POP3 email? > I have yet > to find an ISP for any home user that uses anything but POP3. I only see > IMAP in large companies like the one I work for. It would seem to me that > pop3 is still very much alive and the choice of all ISPs I > know....although > I am not sure why. > > >-- > > 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 > >> 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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