| From: | "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Jules Alberts <jules(dot)alberts(at)arbodienst-limburg(dot)nl> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: move to usenet? |
| Date: | 2003-08-19 16:08:18 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.33.0308191005510.9234-100000@css120.ihs.com |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Jules Alberts wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is not a troll and I certainly don't want to start a holy war but
> wouldn't it be a good idea to move the postgresql lists from the
> mailing list approach to usenet? IMHO it's more open and easier to work
> with. As it is now, there are some postgreql usenet groups but hardly
> anything happens there.
Actually, the news feeds are supposed to be mirrored out to the individual
news groups, i.e. we gateway the mailing lists to usenet.
I think Spam is probably the main reason we stick with mailing lists. As
bad as email spam is, usenet spam is far worse, and harder to filter.
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