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> For most messaging in larger organisations, having "paper trail"-style replies that you can forward to others has its advantages That brings up another point
by u801e 9y ago
> For most messaging in larger organisations, having "paper trail"-style replies that you can forward to others has its advantages
That brings up another point about using email for group conversations. If organizations hosted their own NNTP servers and commonly installed email clients also supported communication via NNTP, then this wouldn't be a problem. All messages already posted to a group would be visible to anyone who joins it at a later time. That's not the case with an email discussion that gets Cc'd to someone at a later time (since they don't have any of the earlier messages in their mailbox).
- _acme 9y agoHas any organization (Fortune 500-style company) ever, in the history of the world, hosted its own NNTP server and expected employees to use it for communication? My guess is absolutely not.
- zumatic 9y agoI suspect yes, because Lotus Notes was briefly very fashionable for corporate communication, and apparently supported NNTP, according to this article (PC Magazine, 24 Feb 1998): https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C5-l28dcz50C&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=nntp+lotus+notes&source=bl&ots=0glxK_thZw&sig=YBX3XHdL3MDFz1BH0RCl420oHQA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB4tr4qcPUAhXrDsAKHdxJCZMQ6AEIRjAH#v=onepage&q=nntp%20lotus%20notes&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C5-l28dcz50C&pg=PA186&lp... (if the link doesn't work, search for NNTP Lotus Notes)