11 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionsRe: mailing list vs. newsgroup?| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Matthew Rochlin | Oct 18, 2000 9:07 am | |
| Potts, Ross | Oct 18, 2000 9:12 am | |
| Javier Henderson | Oct 18, 2000 9:16 am | |
| Jeremy Vandenhouten | Oct 18, 2000 10:20 am | |
| Javier Henderson | Oct 18, 2000 10:22 am | |
| Troy Settle | Oct 18, 2000 10:47 am | |
| Mike Meyer | Oct 18, 2000 11:31 am | |
| Cribbins, Jason | Oct 18, 2000 11:57 am | |
| Troy Settle | Oct 18, 2000 12:17 pm | |
| Allen Cleveland | Oct 18, 2000 1:14 pm | |
| Don Croyle | Oct 18, 2000 1:53 pm |
| Subject: | Re: mailing list vs. newsgroup? | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Allen Cleveland (all...@mindsieve.com) | |
| Date: | Oct 18, 2000 1:14:17 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-questions | |
At 09:07 AM 10/18/00 -0700, Matthew Rochlin wrote:
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.
Using a subscription based news server, I find the following:
Path: newscene.com!newscene!newscene!novia!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!news-hub.c ableinet.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!news.tele.dk!129.240.148.23! uio.no!nntp.uio.no!hrotti.ifi.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!internet-mailinglist Newsgroups: fa.freebsd.questions Original-Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:07:52 -0700 To: ques...@freebsd.org From: Matthew Rochlin <roch...@mediaone.net> Subject: mailing list vs. newsgroup?
Path: newscene.com!newscene!newscene!novia!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!News.Math.NC TU.edu.tw!freebsd.ntu.edu.tw!FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw!not-for-mail From: roch...@mediaone.net (Matthew Rochlin) Newsgroups: mailing.freebsd.questions Subject: mailing list vs. newsgroup? Date: 19 Oct 2000 00:08:24 +0800
Path: newscene.com!newscene!newscene!novia!howland.erols.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!nm aster.kpnqwest.net!blackbush.xlink.net!isar.de!news.muenchen.roses.de!news.c amelot.de!gateway From: roch...@mediaone.net (Matthew Rochlin) Newsgroups: muc.lists.freebsd.questions,mpc.lists.freebsd.questions Subject: mailing list vs. newsgroup? Date: 18 Oct 2000 18:08:04 +0200
[Two for one there :) ]
Path: newscene.com!newscene!newscene!novia!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usen etserver.com!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!newspump.sol.net!news.execpc. com!newshub.sol.net!sol.net!newspeer.sol.net!ns.sol.net!lists.sol.net!not-fo r-mail Newsgroups: sol.lists.freebsd.questions Date: 18 Oct 2000 16:08:07 +0000 X-To: ques...@FreeBSD.ORG From: roch...@mediaone.net Subject: mailing list vs. newsgroup?
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