[libreoffice-users] Re: Real Usenet newsgroups

On 9/28/11 4:45 AM, Stefan Gruber wrote:
> Mihamina Rakotomandimby schrieb:
> > Have you heard about Gmane?
> > You can have this list as newgroup with this.
>
> I'm posting to this list via Gmane successfully, as you can see.
>
> In contrary, posting to
> gmane.comp.documentfoundation.libreoffice.user.german and other
> lists does not work properly. I do not know why and do not have
> time to find it out.
>
> That is the main reason, why I personally support the OP for
> calling real native newsgroups.

One thing to consider, if LO were to do this, is the cost of setting it 
up and then maintaining the system.

> Besides, I also think it is the most useful way.
>
> But I guess most of those readers are used to Mailing Lists,
> although *I* don't like to blow up my Mailclient with hundreds of
> Postings...

I hate mailing lists, and was just about to unsubscribe when I learned 
about Gmane.  Just recently, I found a couple other ways/places to read 
the mailing list that resembles a newsgroup, but IMO still not as handy 
as a newsgroup reader.




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