On Tue 2010-09-14 02:06:21 UTC+1000, Anthony ([email protected]) wrote:
> I'm not entirely sure what Ian Fleming is trying to do. However I do > understand the issue with trying to wade through the mailing list > submissions from Ubuntu-au and I'm wondering why this mail list > subscription cannot be switched over to a NNTP or Newsgroup server? > > The advantages are that when people respond to a question, it places > the answers under the original question indented to the right so > anyone can see it's a response to the first post. Thunderbird can already do this (tree view, grouping messages by thread) with email. View -> Sort by -> Threaded Mutt also does this. Also Sylpheed, as I recall. > It's also a alot easier to search for key words in a newsgroup then > the mailing list. Searching for text in email folders using Thunderbird (or Mutt) isn't difficult. > And control of who has access to the newsgroup and who does not would > be much easier. I don't think you can claim that without first-hand knowledge of the access control mechanisms made available by the newsgroup and mailing list software. -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
