Re: lynx-dev newsgroups

[Michael Sokolov]

Scott McGee (Personal) <address@hidden> wrote:
> Let me through my $5,482.96 (two cents, adjusted for inflation and with 
> required taxes added) worth in here. News groups are nice. I used to read 
> a LOT of them. They are, however, passive entities. If you don't go out and
> read them, you don't get the info they contain. Mail Lists are more active
> in that they push the info to you. This is bad in that it can have a "sink
> or swim fast" effect with high volume lists where you have to devote a lot
> of time to keeping up, but is also good in that if you get two busy, you 
> may have to flush your mail box rather than deal with it, but the next load
> shows up to remind you of it.

I agree 100%! Thanks for posting this, Scott! I was about to write and post
something like this myself, but you've spared me of the trouble :-).

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
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