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Re: Stop with the [News] postings already!!!

  • Subject: Re: Stop with the [News] postings already!!!
  • From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:38:03 +0200
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Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:26:05 -0000,
>  Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In article <s2qfr3-rnn.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>> If you feel compelled to post [News] could you batch all your stories in
>>>> one or two messages a day?
>>> 
>>>  Then potential items of interest are no longer "indexed" so that you
>>>  don't have to pay attention to items you have no real interest. So
>>>  instead of just skimming through the crap you have to wade hip deep in
>>>  it.
>>
>> (1) If they were batched using Digest format (rfc1153), many newsreaders
>> would be able to show them as individual messages for those who prefer them
>> that way.
>>
>
> Agreed. that would be a nice feature. One large msg digest. I know slrn
> can handle that fine. 

But he wont. For reasons I can only guess at ...

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