| 1 |
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:39:48 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
> > Why are you passing the mail through a conversion gateway only to |
| 4 |
> > read it in a mail client? Wouldn't subscribing directly be even more |
| 5 |
> > simple? |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> No, because then I would get all the mail in my inbox and I would be |
| 8 |
> the one responsible for filtering it; a total waste on bandwidth and my |
| 9 |
> time. GMane does that for me instead. |
| 10 |
|
| 11 |
Well, setting up filters is hardly taxing or time consuming, but I see |
| 12 |
your point. |
| 13 |
|
| 14 |
> I am currently "subscribed" to 31 mailing lists on GMane. I don't even |
| 15 |
> want to imagine what would happen if I would receive email from all of |
| 16 |
> them (and 90% of the posts would not interest me anyway, so why recieve |
| 17 |
> them in the first place?) It's just not practical. A Usenet-like |
| 18 |
> front-end is the perfect solution here; a mailing list is very similar |
| 19 |
> to a Usenet newsgroup and that's why this approach is the most |
| 20 |
> practical one. And even if I were subscribed to only one list, it |
| 21 |
> would still be the best way to access it; even though the traffic is |
| 22 |
> much lower when compared to 31 lists, but it's still high enough to get |
| 23 |
> annoying with something landing on your inbox every 10 minutes or so, |
| 24 |
> even stuff you don't intend to read. With Usenet, you only get what |
| 25 |
> you're interested in, and you get it in a way that is very easy to |
| 26 |
> access and browse though. |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
With the downside being that the process is slower, as you have to |
| 29 |
download each message or thread as you want to read it. Contrast this |
| 30 |
with having email delivered whether you are reading it or not and being |
| 31 |
filtered at the moment of arrival so it is instantly available, sorted |
| 32 |
into folders, when you start up your client. However, this convenience |
| 33 |
uses more bandwidth, so if that is worth more to you than your time, using |
| 34 |
Usenet for selective reading does make sense. |
| 35 |
|
| 36 |
|
| 37 |
-- |
| 38 |
Neil Bothwick |
| 39 |
|
| 40 |
furbling, v.: |
| 41 |
Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank |
| 42 |
even when you are the only person in line. |
| 43 |
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" |
Archives