Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

2007-12-01 Thread Paul Rubin
Michael Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree: I use Thunderbird, and it works well. But I read NNTP > newsgroups on several devices, and I would really like to have the > read-status synchronized across them. > Can anyone recommend a solution that also synchronizes post read > status? I

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

2007-12-01 Thread Michael Spencer
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:36:44 -0800, Michael Spencer >> >> Can anyone recommend a solution that also synchronizes post read status? If >> Google Reader or something like it handled NNTP, I imagine I'd use it to >> achieve >> this benefit. >> > Unlike email client

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

2007-11-30 Thread Michael Spencer
Ben Finney wrote: > > I'm not interested in learning some centralised web-application > interface, and far prefer the discussion forum to be available by a > standard *protocol*, that I can use my choice of *local client* > application with. > I agree: I use Thunderbird, and it works well. But

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums (was: Science list)

2007-11-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 30/11/2007, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 29/11/2007, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Regardless of what Google/Yahoo/M$/AOL want you to think, > > > using a web-based mail client is typically the worst way t

Re: Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums (was: Science list)

2007-11-29 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-11-30, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of the high-volume discussion lists I participate in are made > available as NNTP forums via news.gmane.org. I find that immeasurably > superior to any email interface, not least because I can use *any* > NNTP client to manage my interact

Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums (was: Science list)

2007-11-29 Thread Ben Finney
"Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 29/11/2007, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Regardless of what Google/Yahoo/M$/AOL want you to think, > > using a web-based mail client is typically the worst way to follow > > mailing lists and/or news-groups; much better to