Maybe I missed something but why is this even an issue? I have configured my mail client (in windows for the time being) to route all debian-user mail to a seperate folder. Sure it can be cumbersome to wait for a couple hundred e-mails to download but with a 56K connection I can surf or do whatever in the meantime. Maybe if someone wanted to mirror this list on a website for those with less patience that would be a viable alternative. We should have cable modems in my area by the summer, maybe I will undertake this task.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: E.L. Meijer (Eric) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 12:27 AM Subject: Re: Why not as a newsgroup? >> >> On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 01:09:59AM -0800, Martin Waller wrote: >> >> > I for one would no longer to be able to get the list. I access the >> > internet through a firewall. The policy is restricted viewing only of >> > some newsnet news groups. >> > >> > There is no way to either connect to a different news server nor post to >> > usenet. >> > >> > So the newsgroup way would be impossible for me to access. >> >> OHHHH, pity you... Can't afford a private ISP? Come on, this is the most >> ridiculous argument I've ever read. If your employer's net access doesn't work >> properly, get a real ISP account for home. > >For one thing, there are people that cannot afford this, and it is >nothing to make fun of or post derogatory comments on. For another, >people could be using debian on their work, and it would be silly to >have to use your private isp account to be able to fix problems with >your debian boxes at work. > >Eric > >-- > E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 > Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 > Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >