On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:23:07 +1100, Chris Cason wrote:

>Most mail clients I have used fail to make use of those headers that
>facilitate threading in mail messages. Whereas threading in news
>readers is almost universal (though sometimes not as well done as it
>could be).
>
>Therefore, for all intents and purposes, my comment about mailing lists
>not being threaded is true (at least for a good proportion of readers).

Having said these things I think the case for a news group for any project 
is a good idea.  People don't get bothered with the emails when they havn't
got time to keep up, anyone can dip in and help out when they've got the 
time as all the previous discussions are there on the server in an easy to 
access form, you don't have the subscription overheads like "I've changed
my email address and re subscribed so now I'm getting every message twice",
etc. 

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