gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> writes: >> Or save work and find a public nntp server (or setup one, or ask your >> provider), and use a news reader to follow the list (even thunderbird >> can do this). No spam, no need to store messages on your machine, >> auto-purge after a configurable delay, etc.
> That is asking the user to take considerable effort and resources to do > that. What is wrong with the mailing list only approach? Nothing really. Regarding effort and resources, once you've found a NNTP server there's very little effort (probably less than subscribing to a mailing list). I have 4 lines in my .emacs. And this lets me browse dozens of groups (or thousands if I had time for this). It might not be easy to find a server which will let you post, but that's because a few years back many internet providers decided that nntp was too much traffic. I guess it would now be considered ridiculous compared to the average web-site. But I'd like to return the question. What's wrong with nntp? It looks like everybody agrees that nntp brings spam. I just wanted to say that's not true, I use nntp extensively and haven't seen spam for months (I'm talking about 15-20 groups, not comp.lang.python only). The real problem here seems to be google groups, which in some way forwards spam to the mailing-list. How this happens is beyond my understanding. But let's try to fix the real problem. -- Alain. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list