"Egor Bolonev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:57:50 -0500, Francis Lavoie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Do we need a special account or something to use the newsgroup instead >> of the mailling list?
news.gmane.org gives you access to technical mailing lists, including about 50 Python lists, via a newgroup interface. All you need is a newsreader program or a combined mail/news program and set up an 'account' for that program. > why we use newsgroup instead of mailing list? A. newsgroup interface keeps each group/list segregated from regular email (and spam) without having to create an inbox and a rule to somehow direct mail from a particular list to that box. B. newsgroup interface allows one to only download articles that one wants to read. It also allows easy bulk deletion of downloaded material. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
