mailing list vs news group

[Georg Wrede]

braddr at puremagic.com wrote:
> Walter and I were talking earlier today and one of the topics that
> came up was newsgroup vs mailing list.  The good news is that it
> doesn't have to be one vs the other, but rather a gateway between the
> two.
> 
> The question:  Who would use the mailing list if it existed.
> 
> Follow-up question: if the list was read-only (ie, a one way
> gateway), would you still use it?
> 
> For myself, I'd prefer to receive mail rather than read via the web
> or a news reader, but I know I'm an odd duck at times.
> 
> A show of hands.. want to be able to get each of the newsgroups via
> mail?

This could be implemented with a small Perl cron script on any machine 
outside digitalmars.com. Anybody with telnet access to an account could 
do this for the community in no time.

As to whether it really is worth the effort, at least I wouldn't 
subscribe. Mozilla as a newsreader is good enough.

Besides, I frequently switch between threaded, order-received, 
sorted-by-author, and various filtered views. Piece of cake.
And I mark posts read or unread, and with various colors so I can reread 
them later if they are too long, or need background research before 
commenting on.