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Re: [cobalt-users] newsgroup server



Dom Latter <d.latter@xxxxxxx> writes:

> > I would love to be able to access newsgroups instead of the bombardment of
> > email, much of which I'm not knowledgeable enough to reply constructively
> > to.

> Whereas news traffic will be low-volume and within your skill set????

Newsgroups are easier to thread for clients (mailreaders). Most
software does threading very poorly for mailinglists...

With newsgroup, you can choose to only download the message you want
to look at (based on their headers). That could reduce traffic.

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