On 2010-06-04, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote: > Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On 06/05/10 04:19, John Bokma wrote: >>> Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes: >>> >>>> But the really sad thing is that you think that "bigger" automatically >>>> equals "better". >>> >>> I don't think that was the point. >>> >>> Anyway, not everbody can pick a provider, there are plenty of places >>> that have only one or maybe two. And if that's the choice and neither >>> carries Usenet you have to pay for Usenet like I do. Note that I >>> consider it well worth the 10 euros I pay for it. >> >> Isn't gmane available where you live? I've used gmane for newsgroups >> that my local server doesn't carry. The only problem is that there's a >> slight delay in opening new posts (0.5 seconds or so). > > I am aware of Gmane [1] but in their own words: "Gmane is a mailing list > archive.", so it's not Usenet. It's a Usenet server which provides > access to mailing lists. (A very cool idea).
No, it's not a Usenet server. It's a mailing-list gateway that provides access via NNTP. Usenet is a peer-to-peer system that trasfers articles around between servers. NNTP is a protocol often used to provide access to Usenet servers (Usenet was around long before NNTP). NNTP can be used to provide access to other things (as Gmane does). -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
