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Re: Mailing list gateways
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:59:11 GMT
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lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) writes:
> [...]
> If so, I would have to agree that a J.R.P. is more likely to subscribe and
> post doofy things to a CAD-related newsgroup than to subscribe and post
> doofy things to a semi-hidden CAD-related mailing list.
> [...]
> [...] In any case, it's just as easy
> (if not easier) for anyone to get on a mailing list than to subscribe to a
> newsgroup on a special newsgroup server (assuming first-time subscription).
> [...]
Har! Re-reading what I just posted, there are a couple seemingly
contradictory statements there... Actually, they're not contradictory --
they're talking about two different types of people.
The first one is suggesting that someone who's already up to speed on the
multiple-newsgroup thing here is likely to have an easier time accidentally
mucking around in a newsgroup than accidentally finding and subscribing to a
mailing list and mucking around there.
The second one is suggesting that someone who's -not- already up to speed on
the multiple-newsgroup thing (a TLG employee or a newbie or a non-die-hard-
fan, perhaps) may actually be likely to have an easier time getting on a
mailing list than onto a newsgroup.
--Todd
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| (...) I see. So is it accurate to say that one concern is Joe Random Poster dropping in and posting a doofy comment, opinion, question, or problem...? If so, I would have to agree that a J.R.P. is more likely to subscribe and post doofy things to a (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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