From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-12-03T09:55:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Newsgroup


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rando Christensen" <rando@babblica.net>


> Tue, 3 Dec 2002 04:42:38 +0900: Mauricio Fern�ndez (Mauricio Fern�ndez
> <batsman.geo@yahoo.com>):
>
> > 2) non-moderated newsgroups need no subscription, you'd only have to
> > configure your newsreader. But again, you don't want to do it anyway,
> > as you're already getting the whole picture.
>
> To a point; However, there's perfectly good reason to use usenet rather
> than the mailing list. With such a high-traffic list as this, the usenet
> form may be nicer (with usenet, you only download the mail headers
> information on the first pass, from that you pick the ones you'd like to
> read, and at that point, you'd download the mail bodies; it saves on
> both bandwidth and time.)
>

OTOH, when I see something I wat to read, I want to read it straight away, not
wait for it to be downloaded.  I also like the fact that it's on my machine and
I can search it (months) later.

Cheers,
Gavin