I like the mailing list. I don't have a news server at work, so I wouldn't be able to access a newsgroup like we are discussing. I have no problem searching the mailing list archives with google- I wasn't aware that there was a date at which the MLA were truncated- I have seen stuff a few years back IIRC. I tried a different mailing list with a "digest version" and it was awful- I won't try any digests any time soon, I simply wipe out my cygwin-email folder when it gets around 1000 messages and rely on the archives.
-Peter Daniel Adams wrote: > I will be the first one to make a comment of a NNTP server for hosting this > group and possibly the other groups for Cygwin, isn't that after all what a > NNTP group is designed for. I would be one to second Andrew's idea because > of the idea that often times I am in need of searching about a certain idea > in the archives and not only does it bring up the relative needed > information, it also brings up stuff from many years back. > > Sincerely, > Daniel Adams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~dpa3 > > 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)- Each one should use whatever gift he has received to > serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Andrew DeFaria > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Why not a news server? > > > Why not simply set up a news server instead of this mail list. I find > the mail list deficient in several areas. First and foremost it's noisy > causing me to wade through all this email for topics I'm interested in. > Secondly there's no easy or convenient way to response to individual > issues (I get a digest of cygwin stuff emailed to me). Seems to me that > nntp was designed specifically for such communications and a number of > companies have set up news servers for such things. > > Finally a number of times I receive a digest speaking of topics and > articles but the email message is apparently truncated and the bodies of > these articles are missing. > > Comments? (I'm sure there will be some). > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? [OK] -- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
