On 23.01.2014 16:21, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
On 2014-01-23 15:42, Thomas Mayer wrote:
Hi,
IOhannes m zmoelnig schrieb am 23.01.2014 14:26:
- do you think newsgroups are an appropriate medium these
days?
as a member of the German Pirate Party, I know for sure, that such a thing exists and in fact is used by lots of members.
this doesn't count. pirates and other (((schemeing))) hackers are excluded from polls about an "appropriate medium these days" ;-)
My remark was about syncing between mailing lists, NNTP servers and web fora, but I maybe a little awkwardly placed.
And to answer that question: yes, I am still reading some newsgroups with my NNTP client.
Thomas
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