Re: [cobalt-users] mjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx

[jens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jens Kristian Søgaard)]

Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > 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.

> For this list, I keep my own archives on my own local (desktop) system. 
> Makes searches much faster.  Yes, I suppose with a good newsreader I
> could do that for a newsgroup, but not as easily.

What kind of newsreader are you using?

With my newsreader it's _very_ easy to archive a group for a specified
period of and time. I use Gnus, but I have used products like
Microsoft Outlook Express earlier - and they were just as easy.

> > - fragmentation of resources
> list in a week; I suppose most of us do want to stay in one place.

I don't suggest a newsgroup as a "new" gathering place. I suggest that
the newsgroup would run a mailing list <> newsgroup gateway.

(i.e. messages posted on either the list or the group would appear
both places)

> > - not everybody has news access
> I hadn't thought of that.  Many of us have access to a news server. 

Using a newsserver that everyone has access to would solve that
problem. Sites like "sunsite.auc.dk" offers such newsgroups free
for everyone.


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