A real Forum for D

Somedude lovelydear at mailmetrash.com
Tue Nov 29 15:22:34 PST 2011


Le 28/11/2011 14:55, Gour a écrit :
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:37:38 +0100
> Somedude <lovelydear at mailmetrash.com> wrote:
> 
>> The main drawback of newsgroups is the absence of a search feature.
>> Apart from that, I like it.
> 
> It's the drawback of your *newsreader* and not of the newsgroups itself.
> 
> I use Claws-mail and have powerful search features included.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Gour
> 
> 
No, in order to search newsgroups, you need to download ALL the posts
from the beginning of the newsgroup, which is not feasible. While in a
forum, this is done by default.
That's a reason why some questions are asked over and over again.


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