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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
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Subject: Re: Emacs Ada mode vs Ada 2012 syntax
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Markus Schöpflin <no.spam@spam.spam> writes:

> It's not only the client interface. It's also the ability to point my
> NNTP reader to the server, subscribe to some group, and immediately be
> able to browse and search all past mails in the group. (Gmane does not
> expire any articles.) 

Good point. There are web interfaces to mailing list archives, but I
don't think Gnus will fetch from the archive to local disk. 

I've just never tried to do that :).

> I can even follow a group without being subscribed. E.g. I'm a lurker
> on gcc bugs and gcc patches (actually I have a virtual subfolder for
> gcc bugs which just shows me the Ada related stuff, and the same for
> gcc patches) but I'm not subscribed to that list.

Yes, there is no list-level privacy setting for NNTP. That's a feature
and a bug.

Obviously, you can lurk on a mailing list, but the server does have your
email address.

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-- Stephe