[NTLUG:Discuss] NNTP/New access

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 10:05, Greg Edwards wrote:
> Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> > 
> > Just my opinion. 
> > 
> > jack
> > 
> 
> I'd miss being able to talk to you all.  I don't do Newsgroups, too much 
> noise.  I like the conversation coming to me not going and geting it.

Sig/noise is not as much an issues on these private servers, but I do
prefer the push technology instead of pull technology.  Just how I like
things.  If there is enough request I can see about getting the
Mail<->News working in Mailman.

-- 
MadHat at Unspecific.com
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_