On Tuesday 07 September 2010 11:56:12 Al wrote: > It would be as simple as this: > > 1.) enter "news.gentoo.org" as news server to thunderbird > 2.) select the groups you want to read > > 2 steps not more. That is far more simple than subscribing to a mailing > list. > > Al
Except that then I need to do these 2 steps all the time and for every mailing list that I use. Usenet's strength was that all news-groups were accessible through all news- servers. By using different news-servers for different projects, this advantage is gone. Using mailing lists and IMAP, I can access the list from anywhere with an internet connection using webmail, IMAP-clients,... This way, I only need to subscribe to mailing lists once and only need to remember one set of account-details. With different news-groups, this list becomes too much to remember and maintain. And I am not aware of any news-reader that can handle multiple different news- servers easily without a news-proxy like leafnode sitting in between. -- Joost
