I think that would be a excellent alternative for some people. I consider the lists invaluable sources of information, but not everyone has the bandwidth to have lots of emails coming in to their inbox. Someone did mention that there was a mirror to the lists, so hopefully that is the case.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Matus "fantomas" Uhlar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2002 2:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Pastern Subject: Re: Why mailing-lists? Usenet have been invented, I hear. ;-) -> > Why on earth (to stay local) doesn't Debian move the lists to a -> > newsserver instead ???? That way it's much easier to follow threads and -> > only download the messages that is of interest. And if Debian does not -> > connect to other newsservers, they will not get obnoxious groups as -> > alt.sex or comp.microsoft.. -> There is a newsgroup where this mailinglist is mirrored - check the -> archives (or someone else might mention it) I plan to try litttle news server for (possibly) all newsgroups, just for myself for now but maybe I'll make it public (well, i need agreement from list admins probably). -- Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I don't wish to receive spam to this address. Varovanie: Nezelam si na tuto adresu dostavat akukolvek reklamnu postu. Linux is like a wigwam: no Windows, no Gates and an apache inside... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
