Making the most of this mailing list.

[Patton Echols]

On 01/06/2010 02:01 PM, user1 wrote:
>> I  have pan and use it for usenet, but  why use it for email?  I must be
>> missing something, what do you get from it (for email) that thunderbird
>> does not give?
>>     
>
> Well, thunderbird is a newsreader, so why not use it for usenet as well 
> as usenet is also a mailing list system consisting of newsgroups?
>   
because before flickr, I used to participate in some photography NGs and 
T-bird did not handle multipart messages.  Also, Pan has better ability 
to thread ignore, useful in NGs but not something I find needed for email.