Alan Lord wrote: > Harold Fuchs wrote: >> On 05/10/2008 10:40, Alan Lord wrote: >>> Rob Clement wrote: >>> <snip /> >>> Anyway - another great example of why these lists are *so* much >>> better accessed using gmane. >>> >> Please excuse my ignorance but how is this (repeated message problem) >> alleviated by the use of gmane? > > Well, mainly, it means I don't get my email inboxes filling up with > tons of spam. But I would say that perhaps my wording should have > concluded with the phrase "for me" ;-) > > I tend to "act on" email in a far more timely manner than I do with > newsgroups. It's way I work; newsgroups are to be read and comments > made during those quiet/leisure periods. > > Although I have 10 or so different email addresses, almost all of the > mail that arrives in them is - in some way - important and relevant to > work/family whatever. Newsgroups are treated very differently. > > I usually have *no* unread messages in my email boxes, the many > newsgroups I subscribe to sit at the bottom of the folder list and get > read/dealt with as and when I can (I use Thunderbird BTW). > > For me, it's a great way to differentiate between traditional email > activities and mailing lists. >
I used to use a news reader, for many topics. Unfortunately, my ISP discontinued the news server and I didn't look elsewhere for another. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
