[NTLUG:Discuss] NNTP/New access

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:17, Mark Bickel wrote:
> Why the multi-part HTML-encoded post?
> To a list of this type particularly?
> I know opinions vary on this, but IMO there is no reason for HTML
> given the type of content (discussion, which needs no more than plain text).
> 
> Given that currently NTLUG's is now looking for a new ISP, and that we are
> non-profit, and really want to avoid paying for bandwidth/storage, I think
> it is appropriate for mail-list posters to use plain-text, and trim
> appropriately when quoting in replies to threads.
> 

I know that there used to be a NNTP server for the NTLUG stuff but 
it wasn't used much. 

How come we don't use a NNTP list for this list instead of a 
mailing list. If you want to cut down on bandwidth, I think that a 
News Server would cut down on the bandwidth. You can just grab
the headers of messages and pull the bodies that you want to pull. 


I haven't seen any thing that puts HTML into a news post so the 
whiners that keep complaining about HTML won't have anything to 
whine about. 

Also...  with a News server / News Reader, all of the people on 
2400 baud modems that can't handle HTML can ignore the 20+ at&t cable
modem posts that were made today since they don't need to know anything
about high speed internet. 

Just my opinion. 

jack