Re: [cobalt-users] mjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx

[Dom Latter <d.latter@xxxxxxx>]

Jeff Lasman wrote:
> 
> But it has a downside as well.  It won't archive on your own system with
> reasonable defaults you set for your newsreader for other newsgroups.

But you will of course be running a newsserver on a Linux box, so you'll
be able to specify exactly how each group is treated.

There are more drawbacks - 
- fragmentation of resources
- not everybody has news access
- propagation.  I don't know what the "dreadful 2-3 delay" is,
  but all else being equal a mailing list is going to be faster
  and more reliable than netnews
- spam, supercedes, cancelbots, flame wars, trolls and interminable
  cross-posted OS-advocacy yawn-fests.