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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!Germany.EU.net!hcshh!hm From: hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: newsgroups vs. mailing lists Message-ID: <2757@hcshh.hcs.de> Date: 9 Nov 93 09:23:07 GMT References: <jmonroyCFv39C.Iv1@netcom.com> <2b64ce$l4o@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <CGD.93Nov2125848@eden.cs.berkeley.edu> <CG3r20.Ko@genesis.nred.ma.us> Organization: HCS GmbH, Hamburg, Europe Lines: 23 In <CG3r20.Ko@genesis.nred.ma.us> steve2@genesis.nred.ma.us (Steve Gerakines) writes: >>As an aside: what's the difference between a mailing list and a newsgroup? >>the only one i can think of is that a whole lot of sites receive news, >>whereas only interested parties receive mailing list mail. >In my opinion, newsgroups have the advantage of reaching a wider >audience. >The other problem with mailing lists is that because there are so >many of them now, my mailbox gets pretty cluttered. For me, the biggest difference is, that i have to pay per sent AND received kilobyte of mail. So even if i'd like to join a mailing list, i sometimes simply can't afford it. So i would like it if people use more news than mailing lists in general, it's obvious that if there are VERY specialized subjects discussed a mailing list is more appropriate. hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH Hamburg, Europe