Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-03-03 Thread Joseph N.
Johannes, On Wednesday, March 03, 2004, Johannes Posel wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: receive some spam at the address I use for public newsgroups, but it's easily filtered; and I receive no spam from, and see no spamming posts on, newsgroups on secure servers that require

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-03-03 Thread Joseph N.
On Tuesday, March 02, 2004, Dave Gorman wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: if TB is used as a news reader with MyGate or other such software, then users may start demanding features which are more news reader specific, therefore changing the focus of development away from priorities more

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-03-02 Thread Sean H.
Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 10:45:59 AM, Thomas wrote: You mustn't confuse Gmane with Usenet. These are two different things. TF Please elaborate. Simply put, I thought that what I access with NNTP TF is the Usenet. I'm not sure what the exact definition of Usenet is, but I think the difference

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-03-01 Thread Joseph N.
Urban, On Saturday, February 28, 2004, Urban wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: I agree. It is about an e-mail client after all... U Totally agree with you Peter. It would be rather silly if TB* went U NNTP: To get help on how to use mail, you first have to learn how to U usenet... I do not

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-02-28 Thread Joseph N.
Mark, On Saturday, February 28, 2004, Mark Wieder wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: MW Shouldn't this be in the FAQ by now so we can just put it to rest? No, it shouldn't. See, in particular, the responses by Allie mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and Frank de Bruin mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED], both of whom

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-02-28 Thread Frank J de Bruin
Marck D Pearlstone wrote: MDP Although newsgroups have their benefits, I'm still reluctant to MDP reflect the list that way while there is strong resistance. I don't MDP see anyone threatening to leave *unless* it becomes a newsgroup or MDP gains a newsgroup echo. So a mailing list it will stay

Re[2]: Time for a Newsgroup?

2004-02-28 Thread Frank J de Bruin
Marck D Pearlstone wrote: FDB Threatening to leave is not a very strong argument, is it? MDP Of course it is - when it's existing members saying no to a MDP newsgroup. It's called not alienating the existing user base. MDP Threatening to leave if a certain change *does* take place is a fair MDP