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Re: Mailing list gateways
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:30:56 GMT
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On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:14:28 GMT, "Linc Smith" <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca>
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> > When I think the advantages of a newsgroup over a mailing-list (or of the
> > advantages that a ng<->ml gateway brings), I think of things like:
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> > - Real threading
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> marginal in _this_ lists case (for me)
Depends on whether there's a parts-vote going on. In the last several
days, it would be handy to see things in a thready manner.
> > - Archiving, searching, and back-browsing
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> This would be a limited advantage, but most of the discussions on the list
> are time sensitive.
Again, I went data-diving just last night (I had to dig up the BAT I
posted for creating MPD files).
> I too am interested whether others find looking at email as well as news
> groups frustrating. Although I don't find it frustrating, and I did not even
> known that the Listserver chokes (until Steve mentioned it), I am only one
> vote... there must be others who want to gateway the list to Lugnet.
> People...comments?
Considering the listserver problems, I'm willing to move it to Lugnet,
J.R.P. be darned.
BTW, tying the ml to a ng won't solve the problems with the
messages-per-day limit. If anything, it will increase that problem (for
mail-list subscribers).
This isn't the place to decide about piping L-CAD to lugnet. It needs
to be discussed on L-CAD.
Steve
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| Todd Lehman wrote (...) :) (...) and (...) You forgot about turning on your computer and moving the mouse in that list of steps. IMO this is a Straw Man argument. If you have used LDraw or LEdit, you have read the FAQ and it is in the FAQ. It is (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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