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From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3wwg@cogeco.ca>
Subject: Re: email gateway
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:51:02 -0500
Date: 2003-12-03T12:51:02-05:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Bnpzb.8891$zf2.1161912@news20.bellglobal.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <z_adnQtAy6ZRQVGiRVn-gQ@gbronline.com>

Wes Groleau wrote:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
>> I've also seen some convincing editorials that say mailing lists are a
>> more efficient use of resources when distributing this kind of thing.
> 
> 
> Threading doesn't work right in _some_
> e-mail clients but one advantage of e-mail
> over Usenet is that you can use Bayesian
> statistical analysis to filter out trolls.

Having to delete mail to catch up doesn't work
efficiently for me. NNTP allows articles to
expire if you don't get around to them. This is
much better if you subscribe to many groups,
for part time participation.
-- 
Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg




      reply	other threads:[~2003-12-03 17:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-01 22:31 email gateway Stephen Leake
2003-12-01 23:15 ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-12-02  4:39   ` Randy Brukardt
2003-12-02 14:54   ` Stephen Leake
2003-12-02 16:45     ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-12-02 17:39     ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-12-03 16:53       ` Samuel Tardieu
2003-12-03 17:49         ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-12-02 18:41     ` Wes Groleau
2003-12-03 17:51       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG [this message]
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