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From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Linehan?= <plinehan@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [ILUG] ILUG newsgroup(s)?
To: John Reilly <jr@inconspicuous.org>
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John Reilly <jr@inconspicuous.org> a écrit:

> > Newsgroups are great for threading of discussions,
> > working offline and I feel that they work
> > much better for this sort of technical discussion
> > than a mailing list.

 
> I suppose its all down to personal preference, but I
> disagree strongly.


I suppose it is - however, nobody knows that
this message is a response to your one or a 
follow-up to my own first message. 

With a newsgroup structure, this is obvious. 

This helps the reader eliminate threads which
are irrelevant to them or whatever.


Paul...



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