On 11/29/02 1:16 AM, "Martin Joseph" <marty_at_barknaturalpet.com> wrote:
> On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 12:54 AM, Miguel D'Amico wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I'm pretty new to the Newton world. I bought two 2100s and a
>> 120 and
>> some accessories. I really like this little Newton community keeping
>> things
>> alive, but I'm finding it extremely annoying having to read little
>> messages
>> email by email. Why use emails and not forums?
>
...
> There also newsgroups if you like to use usenet....
I always preferred the newsgroups myself. I used to be on a dozen or so
mailing lists, and would get several hundred messages a day. This was back
in the early 90's when that was unusual. :-)
Then I discovered USENET and was able to participate in hundreds of lists,
and keep my e-mail at a much more manageable level.
Sure, a good e-mail client can do an OK job of dealing with lists, but it's
not what the client was designed to do, so all of them, that I have tried,
are pretty lacking.
But, getting people to switch from what they are familiar with? Forget
about it. :-)
Loren
P.S. There are newton newsgroups, but nowhere near as prolific as this
list.
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