From: Scott R. Godin Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:35:15 GMT Subject: Re: OT: This forum Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On 10/11/2010 07:35 PM, Maaartin wrote: > 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. -- (please respond to the list as opposed to my email box directly, unless you are supplying private information you don't want public on the list)