Harold Fuchs wrote: <snip> >> > During 2008 there was an *average* of over 1800 messages per month on this > list. For 2009 Jan-Jun, the figure is over 800. For 2007 the figure is > just shy of 3000 *per month*. > > If I'm a new[ish] user of OpenOffice, or simply a puzzled one, and I have > a question to ask, I really don't want my inbox cluttered with close to > 1000 messages a month, 99.9% of which will be entirely irrelevant to my > question. > What ever happened to the good old newsreader? I use KNode and keep my news groups distinct from my email (I could use TBird for both but I prefer this method). It is quite unobtrusive and I can quickly scan the messages and focus on what I want. I don't really see what the problem is to subscribing to a newsgroup. Cheers, jonathan
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