On 18 Mar 2001, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
> > "mulix" == mulix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> mulix> well, based on this discussion, my general nostalgic mood
> mulix> and tzafrir's suggestion, i've set up last night a small
> mulix> local news server called leafnode.
>
> What are
> "mulix" == mulix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mulix> well, based on this discussion, my general nostalgic mood
mulix> and tzafrir's suggestion, i've set up last night a small
mulix> local news server called leafnode. it is especially
mulix> suitable for small sites, with
"Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No it doesn't. My point was that it is not practical to have an unsorted
> (by sorted I mean divided up into the different mailing lists) inbox with
> all the mailing lists combined and read them all as one big mess (think
> about being away for a few
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote about "Re: Netvision NNTP Server":
> "Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Actually, having mailing list mail land directly in my inbox has long ago
> > become an unworkable solution. I get r
"Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually, having mailing list mail land directly in my inbox has long ago
> become an unworkable solution. I get roughly 100-200 messages a day from
> 50 mailing lists, and it is impossible and extremely confusing to go through
> them in one huge inbox
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, guy keren wrote:
> hmm, maybe i should go back to reading usenet again ;)
well, based on this discussion, my general nostalgic mood and tzafrir's
suggestion, i've set up last night a small local news server called
leafnode. it is especially suitable for small sites, with a d
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Coming to think about it, haven't you just described some major problems of
> the news service?
shaul - what you describe below is _good_ things about usenet. not bad
things at all. read what you wrote - maybe it's just me who don't
understand your point
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2001, mulix wrote about "Re: Netvision NNTP Server":
> > we have been skirting around the main issue, imho. mailing lists are just
> > more comfortable, since they land directly in your inbox.
>
>
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001, mulix wrote about "Re: Netvision NNTP Server":
> > People are also more inclined to start a mailing lists (especially when free
> > services like egroups are available) because it gives them some flattering
> > sense of control.
>
> we
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Nadav Har'El wrote:
> In the last several years newsgroups are becoming less and less useful, and
> mailing lists are taking over. Even for huge subscriber-base (e.g., bugtraq)
> mailing lists are winning.
no argument from me here. i spend several minutes each day going over
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001, mulix wrote about "Re: Netvision NNTP Server":
> no. mailing lists and news groups differ pretty much only in the method of
> information retrieval- push vs. pull. there are mailing list <-> news
> gateways, too.
>
> the biggest problem ne
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
> Coming to think about it, haven't you just described some major problems of
> the news service?
> 1) People are using http combined with search utilities to look on-line in the
> huge bank of information that was gathered by news messages, thus enabling
>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Shaul Karl wrote:
>
> > Aren't text-mode-no-fancy-multimedia-old-fashioned-news out of fashion?
> > Just curious how many people still use news these days.
>
> what do you care about "fasion"? they are still a very good option to
> discuss very specific issues with peop
Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Aren't text-mode-no-fancy-multimedia-old-fashioned-news out of fashion?
> Just curious how many people still use news these days.
Just try it - you'll find there are quite a few of us... ;-)
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Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"... We work by wit, a
>
> Hi.
>
> I suppose this is somewhat OT, but none the less
>
Aren't text-mode-no-fancy-multimedia-old-fashioned-news out of fashion?
Just curious how many people still use news these days.
>
> Does anyone out there use Netvision's NNTP server
> (news.netvision.net.il) ?
>
> I have
On 14 Mar 2001, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a free publicNNTP server that has a decent
> collection of comp. and sci. groups? Not so long ago I found a few
> lists of free NNTP servers through Google (can't find the URLs at the
> moment), but the few I tried didn't work at all.
"Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Because he was looking for an NNTP (network NEWS transfer protocol) server,
> not a NTP (network TIME protocol) server ;)
>
> I think most ISPs have NNTP servers that you can try using, but I don't know
> how good they are, or if they allow people out
ample, news.barak.net.il.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001, Schlomo Schapiro wrote about "Re: Netvision NNTP Server":
> Why not use ntp.ac.il or ntp.huji.ac.il ?
>
> Schlomo
>
> On 14 Mar 2001, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > I suppose this
Why not use ntp.ac.il or ntp.huji.ac.il ?
Schlomo
On 14 Mar 2001, Aharon Schkolnik wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I suppose this is somewhat OT, but none the less
>
>
> Does anyone out there use Netvision's NNTP server
> (news.netvision.net.il) ?
>
> I have been using it for quite a while, but in
Hi.
I suppose this is somewhat OT, but none the less
Does anyone out there use Netvision's NNTP server
(news.netvision.net.il) ?
I have been using it for quite a while, but in the past few days it
has become WAY out of date - basically no updates for three days.
I talked to their techni
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