wich is better mailing list or usenet newsgroup

[Linux for blind general discussion]

As a contrast, I have not personally used a newsgroup more than perhaps a 
couple  of times in... hmm almost 34 years of computer use.
Mailing lists?  I draw upon them daily, several times a day in fact.
Part of my hinting at a major it depends, rather than there being an 
either / or, if that makes sense.
Kare



On Wed, 13 Jul 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Well, Kyle-and-All, I think both avenues have their purposes. Usenet goes 
> over nntp instead of smtp for mail. If you have a good usenet provider, you 
> can examin text discussions back in 2003. This is great if you know a subject 
> of interest. In a case of a mailing list, I suppose your search would need to 
> be much more specific-and-it would be helpful to know a list you want to look 
> at or join. Typing a search in a usenet news-reader is quite good. I still 
> use trn for reading-and-saving  binaries, but Alpine for posting.
> Chime
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