Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <00e601c2d768$0eddc220$e5ea86d9@webdev> Reply-To: "Elfyn McBratney" From: "Elfyn McBratney" To: "cygwin" , "Stephen Ford" References: Subject: Re: An apology... Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 16:06:44 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 > I posted an item on 17/02/03 (The Cygwin mailing lists are rather archaic > and cumbersome aren't they...?), which looks as though it has been taken as > a criticism of people supporting this mailing list. It was not the intention > so I apologise for any offence given. The phrase "support systems" was only > a comment about the computer systems. > > The delay in posting this has been caused by the difficulties I've had with > configuring Outlook Express to manage the mailing list, and with the GMANE > site that I am using to translate between the OEx newsreader and the cygwin > mailing list. This is the fourth attempt at posting. I use one filter for each cygwin ml that I'm subscribed to and have no problems with "manage"ing the flow. > Just out of curiosity, why is a mailing list used when it seems far simpler > for users to connect to a newsgroup? Not everyone here uses a sparkly gui app (oex) so not everyone will have access to a news-reader. It is however, more likely that they will have access to a mail-client, tho. Regards, Elfyn McBratney elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk www.exposure.org.uk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/