NNTP instead of mail

[Adrian Vickers]

At 16:27 08/03/2005, you wrote:

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>Hi all,
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>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.