8 Mar
2005
8 Mar
'05
10:14 a.m.
At 16:27 08/03/2005, you wrote:
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Hi all,
I know that this one has probably been covered countless times before and
has been shot down but I am new to the list and have not seen this
discussion before so please hold back your flame ;)
With an e-mail archive, you could scan back into the past to see if the
debate's been covered before.... (well, I would do, but my archive past
last year is currently ZIPped & I CBA unzipping it to take a look).
just my $0.02
IMHO:
NNTP is a great protocol, and has a real use. Personally, I happen to think
it's NOT ideal for this list, but I should stress that's just my opinion.
In defence of e-mail I shall make only one point, & let others do as they
wish... Personally, I *like* having all the messages commingled in one
place. There's a number of times when I've clicked into a message I never
thought I'd be interested in, & ended up following the whole discussion &
been fascinated by it. An NNTP setup with separated subject areas would
make it more difficult to "dip in" like that.
OK, 2 points (I know, Spanish Inquisition). Every NNTP client I've used has
deleted old posts after a certain period of time... An NNTP post is for a
few weeks, an e-mail is forever...
Cheers,
Ade.