> > I'm afraid you lost me there. Why does it matter where the archive is? >
Sure, it is most important to have an archive at all. When using a newsreader the minimun I do is to scan the headers of the past, to avoid the discussion of a solved question. That is faster then openenig a webbrowser to search an archive. When subscribing to a mailinglist, I don't even know the topics of yesterday. Al