On 6/7/2014 6:38 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > I don't know what the problem that prevented netnews from > obsoleting mailing lists is
At base, netnews and mailing lists are entirely different kinds of human communication services. The critical construct that highlights the difference is: subscriptions. Really, the participation and scaling characteristic differences between bulletin boards -- which are essentially broadcast -- versus mailing lists -- which are multicast, are huge. d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net _______________________________________________ dmarc mailing list dmarc@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dmarc
