Cliff wrote: > Why would anybody want to use a mail program when the list can be read and > posted to through a newsreader?
Newsreaders thus far haven't had the sorting/filing capabilities that e-mail clients offer ---- especially when the email client can utilize procmail as a front end filter. > email instead of nntp. What am I missing here? The other factor is that people aren't as familiar with nntp clients, as they are with email clients. Virtually no US ISPs provide Usenet. Some of them have also started blocking all nntp ports. jonathon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
