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They could set up a NNTP server to serve as a forum. The problem with mailing lists is that there's no good way to search past messages from before you subscri
by u801e 9y ago
They could set up a NNTP server to serve as a forum. The problem with mailing lists is that there's no good way to search past messages from before you subscribed (the web based ones don't cut it). A newsgroup does not have that problem.
- jrochkind1 9y agoInteresting idea, I believe Thunderbird even has NNTP support of some kind, although haven't investigated it recently.
- u801e 9y ago> I believe Thunderbird even has NNTP support of some kind, although haven't investigated it recently. It definitely does. Before Thunderbird and Firefox were created, the Mozilla Application suite included a mail & news client (which is what Thunderbird is based on).