On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:09:58 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> You do realise you can connect to news.gmane.org with Thunderbird,
>>>> yes?
> 
>>> ...you can *do* that?? o_O
>> 
>> It *is* a mail-to-news gateway.....
> 
> Oh. I thought it was just a web interface to a mailing list.

Um, no, it's self-described as a "mail to news gateway".

Paragraph 3 from the about page, for example:

"This is what Gmane offers. Mailing lists are funneled into news groups. 
This isn't a new idea; several mail-to-news gateways exist. What's new 
with Gmane is that no messages are ever expired from the server, and the 
gateway is bidirectional. You can post to some of these mailing lists 
without being subscribed to them yourself, depending on whether the 
mailing lists allow non-subscribers to post or not."

>> Have a look at the FAQ....or the "About" link.
> 
> I'm pretty sure I've done that once already...

Then read closer. ;-)

Jim

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