Hi All,
this topic comes up regularly on all mailing lists, and here's my
$0.02.
The old mailing list versus newsgroup chestnut: my view, keep it as it
is. Newsgroups are notoriously low in signal to noise ratio. They
are continually spammed (how often has the mg list been spammed, not a
lot). Many people have poor access to newsgroups (but that is
changing thanks to Deja News). The biggest drawback is the speed of
distribrution. Email is sent out usually in a few minutes, newsgroups
take hours (or even days) to replicate.
I'll shut up now, and no, I haven't read this thread, the title was
enough to make me write, so apologies if I am reiterating what others
have said.
Of course now we will get a stream of replies, half saying 'Yeah right
on', the others saying 'No way, you are a moron'. So, let's not,
shall we?
Andy
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