On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:59:33 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> You and I do the same thing in the end.  The difference is that you 
> waste bandwidth, need to set up filters every time you subscribe to a 
> new list

Which takes about ten seconds usually.

>, need to unsubscribe when you don't want to receive email 
> anymore,

Which takes about half that time, and both of these are infrequent
occurrences. For lists that I had only a transient interest in, I would
look at usenet versions. 

> need hard disk space to store all the downloaded messages, 
> don't have access to messages from the time you weren't subscribed yet, 

No, but I do have access to  Google :)

> So in the end, we end up doing the same thing, by I do it in a saner
> way that was designed to do exactly that. :)

No, you do it in a different way that suits your needs. That doesn't make
you right and people with other needs wrong. It just illustrates the
benefits of choice. I did not insult your choice, why assume that you
know better than me what I need?

> It appears it only has
> pros and no cons, so I don't see a reason to use email instead.

How do you read messages without an Internet connection?

Everything has pros and cons.


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Neil Bothwick

Walk softly and carry a fully charged phazer.