From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prad Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: News server access from Gnus [was: Re: [OT] Reading Emacs Tutorials] Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:47:59 -0700 Organization: SunSITE.dk - Supporting Open source Message-ID: <20090317204759.6dcb6f2c@gom> References: <877i2qg5tj.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87bps28xd5.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87y6v6o4ng.fsf_-_@kobe.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237366654 17534 80.91.229.12 (18 Mar 2009 08:57:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:57:34 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 18 09:58:51 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ljrbu-0003Kd-4p for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:58:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54784 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LjraX-0002Pv-Jm for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:57:25 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.net.uni-c.dk!dotsrc.org!filter.dotsrc.org!news.dotsrc.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.67.160.177 Original-X-Trace: news.sunsite.dk DXC=oNnIeM6[1l>IE=Lc_\oXE4YSB=nbEKnk; 9KI=c`M<`]; @gPc:2G?J; 5`joo<3HG\:2OnS>gm06K47Tj:^V2mF`V1iC@mF8B5m=5YaigV?Gie06 Original-X-Complaints-To: staff@sunsite.dk Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:167739 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:56:51 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63036 Archived-At: On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:30:27 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > If your ISP is not actively blocking NNTP access to other sources, you > can always register to sunsite.dk > we do have news i found out from our isp, but it doesn't offer much so i've setup on sunsite.dk - in fact, i'm replying through the newsgroup instead of the maillist. i'll give emacs gnus a try later this week. btw, motzeralla looks good too though i couldn't find this emacs newsgroup on it. the reason i posted this here instead of sending it privately is that i'm trying to figure out what the advantages are of accessing things through usenet vs email and would appreciate input on this from anyone. the main ones i can see is that usenet works rather like an imap system so that you aren't actually downloading everything and that it is easier to search in posts which you may not have on your machine anymore. any thoughts on this for this list specifically perhaps? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's