Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam <at> whitemice.org> writes: > > However, whether we like it or not: > > Fewer and fewer newcomers are willing, knowledgable, aware of nntp > > So? NNTP is the living dead. Time to let it go. >
True. Decent NNTP access is harder to find. Not impossible, but no longer a 'free' part of most standard ISP access any more. Gmane provides a mail-to- nntp gateway which is great for those who like to read it via nntp. > Most people use this list via e-mail, which everyone has access to and > knows how to use. > > The best solution I've seen is what is used by the Mono project; which > provides both a "web forum" and a mail list interface. > > <http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list> > <http://go-mono.com/forums/> > > It works very well; and everyone [except the 3 or 4 NNTP hold outs] are > happy. > Now that looks pretty slick - both sides get to have what they want, and the 'pool' of knowledgeable persons stays condensed rather than dispersed. Very cool. Monte -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
