From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-05T23:49:50+09:00
Subject: Re: mailing list problems?

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Martin Coxall wrote:

> Um, no. But then I don't subscribe to comp.lang.ruby. Are you
> confusing newsgroups with mailing lists?
>
> Martin

no: they are managed in such a way that they mirror each other.  that's why
people complain so loudly when people top-post, changed headers, and other
activities that wreak havoc on people's mailers.  it's unfortunate that
whatever software people use to interact with the newsgroup does not inform
them that, by posting to a group as you just did, you are also hitting
thousands of people's inboxes.

-a
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