Jim Zajkowski wrote: > I see that a number of questions are being answered on the new web forum > that is now part of the centos site. And the mailing lists So now > there are two places to search, both the forum and the mailing list > archives. > > This is just doubles the work required to follow along or find a solution. > > I know NNTP isn't sexy, it doesn't allow graphics in posts, it doesn't > have person ratings or cute smileys, and it requires a modicum of > competence to use, but it DOES do all of these: > > . Allows off-line reading and replying, with an appropriate reader. > . Searching. > . Reliable way of showing you which threads have new posts. > -> I have not yet found a single web forum that did this well. > . Orders of magnitude faster. > . Easy to archive. > . Small footprint, on-disk and over-network. > . Synchronisation to multiple servers, reduced network use. > . Bidirectional synchronisation to a mailing list. > . Supports authenticated posting, moderation, etc. > > --Jim > many mailing lists , including this one, can be read on the newsserver news.gmane.org . This is extremely nice because they do not clutter my mailbox, and are easily searchable. Kay