Re: [stellation-res] Newsgroup

[Mariano Kamp <mkamp@xxxxxx>]

Hi,
> One argument against extensive use of newsgroups is that we shouldn't assume all the readers
> have high bandwidth. This used to (and maybe still is) the case for readers outside the US.
> A big advantage of a mail list is that it can be accessed using low bandwidth, without the
> need to access via a browser. Also, replies can be composed off-line.

I believe this is a strong point. And setting up uucp etc. is lot of
work for so less bang. 

Due to company policies newsgroups are not accessible to me when I am at
a client site, wich is almost every day. Sometimes, while travelling, I
am not able to get unrestricted internet access, i.e. accessing nntp,
for more than a week which makes newsgroups almost useless to me,
because I am never able to track a discussion properly.

Mariano