On Wednesday 25 June 2003 04:16 am, Andreas Voegele wrote:
> Michael Sperber writes:
> > [...] we'd like to move the scsh mailing list to U Tübingen. [...]
> > If there are any objections to this, please speak up within the
> > couple of days. In particular, let us know if you rely on Usenet
> > and it's not practical for you to use the mailing list. (Or if
> > there are other factors we haven't thought of.)
>
> I'd prefer to use the newsgroup but I won't object if you'll use
> Mailman to manage the mailing list. My mailbox is limited to 20 MB
> and whenever I go on holiday I have to unsubscribe zillions of mailing
> lists. Mailman has a feature that allows one to put a mailing list on
> hold, which is okay, but almost all other mailing list managers are a
> pain in the ass in this respect.
>
> BTW, why do you want to use a mailing list at all? What's wrong with
> the newsgroup?
I'd say that one reason is that "not all news feeds are created equally".
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