Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <00b201bfe881$b11dab00$c0bf1004@homepc.freedsl.com> Reply-To: "Dave Arnold" From: "Dave Arnold" To: "cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com" , "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Moving to Usenet? Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 21:32:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Oh, one thing you can do is setup a "Filter" or "Agent" if you use Notes to move all cygwin mail to a separate folder so you don't have to filter the mess yourself. Also if you use MAPI mail, you can leave attachments at the server and download when you want. /dave -----Original Message----- From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Date: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Moving to Usenet? > > >At 10:56 AM 7/6/2000, Chris Faylor wrote: >>On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 04:23:36PM +0200, Jonas Jensen wrote: >> >Wouldn't it be an idea to move this mailing list to Usenet, rather than flooding >> >everyone's e-mail address with 100+ mails every day? I think it would give some >> >advantages: >> > >> >* Less traffic on people's inboxes. >> >* Possibility of posting binaries/large code samples. If people don't want 'em, >> >they don't have to download them. >> >* Eaisier to keep an overview of threads, rather than all mails arriving in a big >> >mess. >> > >> >I'm sure you've considered this before, why did you decide against this? >> >>sources.redhat.com does not have the software, the capacity, or the >>manpower to operate a news server. >> >>However, if you think that this is a good idea, please do look into >>setting up something like an alt.os.cygwin newsgroup. I'll certainly >>subscribe to this newsgroup if my ISP carries it. >> >>Otherwise, you should probably look into using a more sophisticated mail >>reader which can handle threads. I use a combination of procmail and mutt >>to break up my email into folders and organize it by threads. I believe that >>there are ports of both programs available for cygwin. >> >>cgf > > > >As I recall, the last time this subject came up, which was more than a year >ago at least, no one really objected to the idea of a newsgroup for this >list so long as the mail list remained as well. As far as I know, the >reason no newsgroup exists today is that no one was interested enough in >setting it up to make one. > >My apologies in advance if I've provided an inaccurate synopsis on this >previous thread. Assuming the mail list goes back far enough, interested >parties looking for the specifics on this ancient thread can wade through >the archives to find the details of the discussion!:-) > > > >Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com >RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com >118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office >Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com