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>> 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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