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 understand this reasoning, which, to be fair, has surfaced in more messages than just the one quoted here. By and large, we don't test out new features by sending messages to this list (or, if some do, it certainly explains the volume). This is a list for learning and asking; for staying current with an important tool; and, to an extent, for community. Why is it necessary that the subject of the lesson be the same as the means of delivery? Where is that ever necessary? Besides, the issue is a practical one: since the volume of this list expanded exponentially about nine or so months ago, I--and I'd wager others, too--barely keep up at all. The obstacle for me is largely the volume of messages to wade through; although I'm on broadband, for others on this list the volume probably equates also to long download times. There have been concerns about having to learn how to use a newsreader. Learning a newsreader, even a sophisticated one, would not be difficult for anyone who knows their way around TB! As for spam, I know only two things about spam and newsgroups: I 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 authentication. -- JN ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.04.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
