Re: Moving to Usenet?

["Dave Arnold" <avr_fan at nettaxi dot com>]

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) <lhall@rfk.com>
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com <cygwin@hotpop.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@rfk.com
>RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
>118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
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