Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Jun 1996 17:19:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: majordomo problems? |
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On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, Hartmut Niemann wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl ----- > > [snip..] > > But can anybody explain why the linux-kernel mailing list > (that has so much traffic that not many people will like to get it > in their mailbox) and the linux.dev.kernel newsgroup > (that is `nonstandard' and not carried at many sites) > aren't replaced by comp.os.linux.development.kernel ? (clip)
I would not mind a newsgroup as an alternative. However email at my site is much more reliable than news. In general email is a more broad based environment, less expensive resource-wise, etc, and is thus more available. My newsserver is (IMHO) not well tended, throttling messages all the time etc. -- others may be in a similar circumstance.
Also "junk" email is one thing... putting a list on a newsgroup would (IMHO) decrease the signal/noise ratio quite a bit.
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