>> SMTP, unfortunately.
> 
> Wait, do you mean it's an *actual* mailing list?

Er, yes.

> I thought those died out, like, 10 years ago.

Er, yes.

When I originally joined the mailing list, at one point Don rightly 
complained that messages from me made up 60% of the total list traffic. 
Unfortunately, SMTP isn't like NNTP; it's not very easy to just ignore a 
specific thread if it doesn't interest you. On a mailing list, if you 
say something, *everybody* has to read through it.

I've been a lot quieter since then...

> NNTP would be a great improvement (why did they flame you for THAT?), or 
> even a web-based forum (shudder!) would be better!

Somebody pointed out that a web-based forum forces you to use one 
specific UI - the web forum. On the other hand, NNTP can be used from 
*any* suitable client. It can also be easily archived and so forth. 
Which seems like a valid point to me.

I'm still not understanding why NNTP isn't a valid solution...

(Most of the replies mumbled something about "Usenet". I have no idea 
what that is or why that's relevant.)

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