Re: [cobalt-users] mjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jens Kristian Søgaard wrote:

> Have you ever tried Gnus? (mail and newsreader)
> 
> Please try it - I think you will find, that you can read/answer twice
> the amount of mail in the same time using that software package.

Atm I'm using Windows as my desktop.  I do want to switch to Linux but
I've got some things I do in Windows (such as accounting for my ISP)
which can not be EASILY changed.  So until then I'm using Windows
clients.  Afaik Gnus is NOT available for Windows.  Am I wrong?  I'd
like to evaluate it.

I also need my email client to be capable of handling multiple
personalities (email addresses) at the same time, with automatic reply
default to the address at which the email came, and optional selection
of another.  Can Gnus do that?

> > Many of us don't like that because we feel comfortable posting our email
> > address on a mailing list but wouldn't like it on a newsgroup.
> 
> You're kidding, right?
> 
> Posting your email address on this mailinglist also means, that it
> gets posted on a webpage. Everyone can read that webpage... and
> everyone can subscribe to this mailinglist. I.e. your email address is
> not secret in any way (and especially not hidden away for spammers).
> 
> Using a private newsgroup (stored on the Cobalt newsserver) it would
> be just the same as with a mailinglist. There's no privacy issues
> there.

While I understand your point, I find that in practice it's not true. 
I've NEVER gotten a piece of spam based on using "jblists" on mailing
lists (knock-on-wood).  But addresses used on newsgroups draw spam quite
quickly.

Jeff
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