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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:05:43
Message-Id: hm0f8s$2is$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 02/23/2010 01:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 02/23/2010 12:26 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >> On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:11:40 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> I'm on KDE4 but I use Thunderbird for both Usenet (including this
6 >>> mailing list through GMane's "mailing-list-to-Usenet" interface) and
7 >>> email. I like the simplicity and using only one app for both.
8 >>
9 >> Why are you passing the mail through a conversion gateway only to read it
10 >> in a mail client? Wouldn't subscribing directly be even more simple?
11 >
12 > No, because then I would get all the mail in my inbox and I would be the
13 > one responsible for filtering it; a total waste on bandwidth and my
14 > time. GMane does that for me instead.
15
16 Just to make my point more clear:
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18 http://i50.tinypic.com/15ow2g8.png
19
20 All of these under the "GMane" groups are mailing lists, but they appear
21 just like Usenet newsgroups. I can't imagine any easier way to easily
22 deal with 30+ mailing list subscriptions.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
[gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Graphical usenet client - alternative to Knode Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>