Rufus wrote: > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: >> Rufus wrote: >> [snippage] >>> just like I don't care about the difference between Webkit and Gekko; >> >> Webkit and Gekko are both browser engines, like Ford and Chevrolet are >> both cars. E-mail and News would be more like sedans and motorcycles. >> They both have wheels, but are quite dissimilar. > > ...yes, but they all drive on the same road and follow the same rules, > in general.
No, they do not. The only similarity/commonality is they both use the same wire leaving your house. Once they get to a server somewhere, they become completely different. Mail is not News. News is not Mail. >>> I only care that what I get functions as advertised. The original >>> question was about how the cross postings *work*, and/or why they >>> weren't working...just observation/illustration. >> >> Crossposts work because of the function of the news-server software. > > ...again - "creature comforts" as far as how one might implement > addressing in their reader interface. One could write one that > behaves/looks *just* like a mail client and still does what it needs to > do. Those of us who are familiar with newsgroups and Usenet don't really need or want a client that looks like an email program. In fact, it shouldn't, due to the many differences between mail vs. news. I have three newsreaders installed here and none of them look like an email client. (This is not counting SeaMonkey and Thunderbird.) -- -bts -This space for rent, but the price is high _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
