Gour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Creighton Hogg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Well, you don't have to be registered to post on it, which >> is actually rather nice. > > Hmmm, iirc, gmane.org wanted me to authorize in order to be able to > post though I do not know what is the present policy.
People's institution's news servers often don't. For instance, for each of the three news servers I use at the moment, from a "local" machine I won't be asked for authentication to read and post to comp.lang.lisp. I also like not having to authorize in some additional manner for administrative operations. I have many e-mail addresses and automatic forwarding, so it's annoying to have to figure out which e-mail address I actually subscribed to the list with and to forge mail from it or have the system send me password reminders or whatever, so that I can change my settings. With newsgroups, I choose the "administration" interface, not the list maintainer. Also, with a newsgroup, I can come to it as a new user and immediately have many days' articles available to me in my local newsreading client. With a mailing list, I have to use the archives to get some recent history, or wait a few weeks to get a proper feel for group etiquette. Still, I use Haskell despite mailing lists being a principal means of discussion. (-: FWIW, if this gets such that it ought to go to haskell-cafe, I'll be glad to follow it there. I fear I'm veering too far from important points of general interest. -- Mark _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
