On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:59:33 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > You and I do the same thing in the end. The difference is that you > waste bandwidth, need to set up filters every time you subscribe to a > new list
Which takes about ten seconds usually. >, need to unsubscribe when you don't want to receive email > anymore, Which takes about half that time, and both of these are infrequent occurrences. For lists that I had only a transient interest in, I would look at usenet versions. > need hard disk space to store all the downloaded messages, > don't have access to messages from the time you weren't subscribed yet, No, but I do have access to Google :) > So in the end, we end up doing the same thing, by I do it in a saner > way that was designed to do exactly that. :) No, you do it in a different way that suits your needs. That doesn't make you right and people with other needs wrong. It just illustrates the benefits of choice. I did not insult your choice, why assume that you know better than me what I need? > It appears it only has > pros and no cons, so I don't see a reason to use email instead. How do you read messages without an Internet connection? Everything has pros and cons. -- Neil Bothwick Walk softly and carry a fully charged phazer.
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