Re: OT: This forum

From: Scott R. Godin <scottg.wp-hackers@mhg2.com>
Date: Oct 13, 2010, 14:35 UTC
Message-ID: <i94g34$4kt$1@dough.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20101012T012512-764@post.gmane.org>

On 10/11/2010 07:35 PM, Maaartin wrote:

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> I read this forum using
> http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.version-control.git
> and it sort of works. Except that finding own old posting is quite impossible,
> even when I try searching for the subject, and/or author, and/or pieces of text
> in any combination. It finds some posting, but it misses others, whatever I do.
> Except that I don't know how to attach a file. Except that I'd expect to see a
> thread containing a new reply somewhere on the first page instead of on the
> 14th. Except that replies to emails I get (answers to my threads) goes to their
> author instead of to the forum.
>
> Is there a better way for using this forum/mailing list? However, I'd like to
> avoid getting daily dozens of emails.

I second the motion on using the nntp based interface. Works great in Thunderbird; there's also knode or pan depending on your IDE-du-jour, and if you prefer a console-based one there's always slrn (or even tin).

Opera also has a built in newsreader.

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