Re: newsgroup
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1070] Re: [mg994] newsgroup
- From: Allan Hayes <hay%haystack at christensen.cybernetics.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 17:00:58 -0400
Richard Mercer <richard at seuss.math.wright.edu> writes > Well, the newsgroup seems to have been a smashing success; traffic > has increased dramatically. Congratulations and thanks to Steve for > this service! > > However for those of us still using the mailing list there is the > disadvantage that our postings now take up to a week to be posted, > making it difficult to participate in any discussions. > ............................................... > ............................................... > I would consider switching from the mailing list to the newsgroup > if it weren't for the fact that the Mail facility on my NeXT is a > coupleorders of magnitude more convenient to use than news. > > Any suggestions on how to more effectively use news would be > appreciated. (NeXTstep 3.0 on a NeXTstation turbo color. I've > tried NewsGrazer; it has never worked.) I certainly think that Steve is doing a valuable job very well -- thanks. I too am very happy with using email on my NeXTstation turbo color (NEXTSTEP 3.3 improves on 3.0), apart from delays. I have not tried using a newsgroup so far but I am wondering about trying Eloquent on the NeXT, it seems to combine email and newsgroup facilities. A demo copy is available from ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/NeXT/demos/mail/Eloquent.2.01.NIHS.tar.gz I should be grateful for information from anyone with experience of using it. Allan Hayes hay at haystack.demon.co.uk