----- Original Message ----- > What explanation?? Explanation for what, where is their > email??????? Why do you start a new email to reply?? Don't > you think it's more sensible to just reply with text like > that on the thread instead of starting a new post????? All > your replies make no sense whatsoever! You need to learn how > to use email before you join a list.
Whoops! Really sorry for that ;-) I have a little trouble when trying to send it as a plain text email I've tried to send them by replying, but my OE always sent it as html, not plain text which can only acceptable on this list That's why I send it as new email I guess I was forgot to set it on the Option Menu, hehe But right now I have set it Hei, I'm a newbies here.. So please give me a little tolerance Or, a newbies are not welcome here??? You wanna see the explanation? Here it is... > At 01:23 AM 5/19/02 +0700, Kiki wrote the following: > > >I'm a newbies here, hope I'll have good time and experience here. > >BTW, is anybody know what's the difference between newsgroup and mailing > >list? > >They just look the same for me... > >And would you like to give me any FREE newsgroup server that I can sign in? > > Usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system. It consists of a > thousands of topically named "newsgroups" with names that are classified > hierarchically by subject. "Articles" or "messages" are "posted" to these > newsgroups by people on computers with the appropriate software (usually > called a newsreader) -- these articles are then broadcast to other > interconnected computer systems using NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) > server. The NNTP server is used for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval, > and posting of news articles via a wide variety of networks. Some > newsgroups are "moderated"; in these newsgroups, the articles are first sent > to a moderator for approval before appearing in the newsgroup. > > Not all ISPs provide all the Newsgroups. The groups distributed > worldwide are divided into eight broad classifications: "comp", > "humanities", "misc", "news", "rec", "sci", "soc", and "talk". Each of > these classifications is organized into groups and subgroups according > to topic. > > "humanities" Professional and amateur topics in the arts & humanities. > > "misc" Groups addressing themes not easily classified under any of the > other headings or which incorporate themes from multiple categories. > > "news" Groups concerned with the news network and software themselves. > > "rec" Groups oriented towards the arts, hobbies and recreational > activities. > > "sci" Discussions marked by special and usually practical knowledge, > relating to research in or application of the established sciences. > > "soc" Groups primarily addressing social issues and socializing. > > "talk" Groups largely debate-oriented and tending to feature long > discussions without resolution and without appreciable amounts of > generally useful information. > > These "world" newsgroups are (usually) circulated around the entire > USENET -- this implies world-wide distribution. Not all groups actually > enjoy such wide distribution, however. Some sites take only a selected > subset of the more "technical" groups, and controversial "noise" groups > are often not carried by many sites (these groups are often under the > "talk" and "soc" classifications). Many sites do not carry some or all > of the comp.binaries groups. > > There are groups in other subcategories, but they are local: to > institutions, to geographic regions, etc. and they are not listed here. > Note that these distribution categories can be used to restrict the > propagation of news articles. Currently, distributions include: > world worldwide distribution (default) > can limited (mostly) to Canada > eunet limited (mostly) to European sites in EUNet > na limited (mostly) to North America > usa limited (mostly) to the United States > > There may be other regional and local distribution categories available > at your site. Most US states have distribution categories named after > the two letter abbreviation for that state or category (e.g., "ca" for > California, "ny" for New York). > > Google Groups (old Dejanews) has now added a web-based interface > (http://groups.google.com/) to the Usenet archive going back some 20 years. > They also support are the major newsgroups listed above. > > Discussion lists, discussion group, and mailing lists are all names for > the same function. The main purpose of these functions is to provide the > subscribers of a list with a set of email messages, data or program > files which are related to the main purpose of the list. These can be: > questions and answers; frequently asked questions (FAQs); archives of > messages which appeared on the list; minutes of internal meetings held > by some of the subscribers; application programs related to some > software they are all using; etc. Automatic distribution of updated > materials is also available to subscribers. Last but not least, a set of > public files open to all and not associated with any particular > distribution list, can be made available. Files can also be maintained > individually by "file owners" (with storing privileges, similarly to the > "list owners" but only related to specific files). > > Mailing lists need to be subscribed to in order to contribute, except > for those that are mirrored on the "bit.listserv.xxxxxx" series of > Usenet Newsgroups. > > Pcworks is a mailing list. The largest set of mailing lists (currently some > 56,000+) use a mailing listing program called Listserv (see > http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html). Other mailing list managers (MLMs, > the programs used to support mailing lists) are ListProc and Majordomo (no > central listing of them is available) and Mailbase > (http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/). The newer mailing list programs are web-based > mailing list programs like Yahoo Groups (which was Egroups which was Onelist). > > -- > Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
