Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: Nick Ferguson Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: mailing lists Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:41:03 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3549C2DF.5ACF@saqnet.co.uk> References: <35469E55.A55E0C15@hotmail.com> <6i6f16$cv04@scea> Reply-To: nickf@saqnet.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: atl4-034.publab.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) Steve Tolin wrote: > > I had subscibed when I noticed the announcement just in case I was missing > something but as it turns out just more of the same. I would much rather > have posting here so that even new members can benefit. I also see a > problem of keeping all the Email messages on my drive. What happens when my > drive crashes again, where do I get them back? At least with these > newsgroups I can go back and get what I need. Well put. I would unsubscribe from the mailing list right now, except as a newbie I'm afraid of missing something important! That whole dilemma kind of highlights the problem I have with emails - if you're not on the group AT THE TIME, you don't get the mails!Maybe if there was a policy to post to the appropriate newsgroups as well as the list - but then, that makes the mailing list redundant, doesn't it..? At least with posts (on the SCEE server, anyway) they sit about for a while-I mean, some posts here are well over a year old! It's doing my head in! Anyone want to announce a policy of posting to NGs as well as the list? Thoughts, Steve D? It would solve most of (if not all) the problems people have with the NG if this were to happen... Nick F