From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dc87df19479ef73c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-03 10:05:30 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!pd7cy1no!shaw.ca!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!nf3.bellglobal.com!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: email gateway References: <877k1gxh7h.fsf@inf.enst.fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:51:02 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.223.163 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1070473825 198.96.223.163 (Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:50:25 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 12:50:25 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3102 Date: 2003-12-03T12:51:02-05:00 List-Id: 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