well this seems to be a very controlled list, this reply had been blocked,
suggestion is to put some keywords in it like sql,query. ok then here it is,
sql query

although i have received some posts to stop this thread i will reply one
more time.
following is what i had intended to write, but did not come through...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Faber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Not everyone has access to usenet

true

> No, you still have to download the message headers which on a slow news
> server can take just as long as the email's them selves.

not all,  (if you go buy a book you take every book off the shelf?)

> This is a problem with your client then, I'm using netscape's messenger
> service for reading news and mail and it can thread both.  This also
> totally depends on whether the client issuing the message bothers to
> update the References: tracking header.

Not everyone has access to ....

> Heh, Get a bigger mail box I guess ;-) Or unsubscribe your self while
> you're out.

true, but more hassle

> News group servers aren't centrally located in any way. And I'd
> hate to bust your bubble but usenet is a PIG when it comes to
> resources used. On top of all of that the overall speed in which
> it takes to get a message from news server (a) to news server (y) on
> the internet can very from a few minutes to a day or possibly longer
> where as with an email list is traditionally MUCH faster.

use 1 server

> So can a good mail client. There is absolutely no difference between
> subscribing to different news groups and subscribing to different
> mailing lists. It still totally depends on the client.  On the other
> hand subscribing to different news groups allows you the option to
> only download the headers for that group rather than downloading
> everything you're subscribed to.  However given the VERY low amount
> of overall traffic on the other mailing lists there shouldn't be
> any problems with this.

it's not the question if it is possible with an email client, its so much
easier using a newsserver, it's made for that purpose!

> Yes and there are probably more arguments against it ;-)

more ?

> See
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&group=mailing.da
tabase
> This list is already fed to a usenet group.

exactly, thank you for this,
remember? "for the people who won't have access to usenet" those people
could use html

> * Black holes are where God divided by zero. *

black holes come from behind





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