little survey on email habits

[Derek Broughton]

Aart Koelewijn wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:03:28 +1000, Res wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't understand why people use email for this list when there is a
>>> perfect newsgroup, gmane.linux.ubuntu.user, for it. Using that it will
>>> not clutter your mailbox, and using a newsreader like Pan you get good
>>> treading. I started reading this list by email but soon switched to the
>>> newsgroup, I find that much more comfortable.
>> 
>> email over usenet anyday
> 
> email is usenet too

No, it's not.  That's "Usenet" (ie, a proper noun), and it isn't necessarily 
congruent with the Internet.  otoh, not many lists are actually gated to 
Usenet (gmane nntp is NOT Usenet).

And I completely disagree, anyway.  I pick Usenet, or its analogues  for 
list discussion whenever possible.  Much more convenient.
-- 
derek