Graham Jones wrote: > >I think the list should be separated from the newsgroup. I've always > >thought this confusing and unusual. > > I agree... > > >Newsgroups are dead, or a dead > >zone. I'll bet the newsgroup side is the source of the lion's share of > >the spam. > > ... but for completely different reasons. I subscribe to three stats > newsgroups (sci.stat.math, sci.stat.consult, sci.stat.edu). None of them
These are my also among my reasons for not subscribing to the list. These three newsgroups are among the few high quality ones around.* I usually dip into the group on my coffee break. I find that email lists tend to form a backlog when I'm busy and are harder to browse through. * the secret seems to be to have a core group of regular, on-topic posters. Thom . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
