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[Derek Broughton]

Fajar Priyanto wrote:

> On Monday 22 October 2007 19:34:05 Steve Flynn wrote:
>> Yes - it's alive, kicking and as strong as ever.
>>
>> > Because my ISP had stopped it's news server long time ago.
>>
>> NNTP is expensive for an ISP to support - as a result it's one of the
>> first things to go in cost cutting exercises.
>>
>> > Which NNTP do you use?
>>
>> Giganews.
> 
> I remember a long time ago that one of the first online (web) newsgroup is
> dejanews.com. Now it's redirected to google groups.
> Actually what is the different between mailing list (with online reading)
> and newsgroup? Why people still use newsgroup?

Not a lot of difference, but I find it easier to use this group via gmane
than mail, so there's _some_.  The difference is probably more in the
clients than anything.
-- 
derek