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Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>>"If one reads a debian mailing list in a linux.debian.* group and
>>wants to reply to the list he is supposed to followup to the newsgroup
>>and NOT to directly reply to the list."
> Yes. Mail replies will break threading.

Mail replies will break threading, unless you're using an MUA that is
also NNTP-aware or vice-versa.  Gnus is an example of a user agent
that doesn't choke on protocol change.

> The gateway is open to everyone with a valid email address, which is
> something you would expect from users posting to a mailing list.  If
> somebody thinks that munging their address when posting to usenet
> will keep it secret forever... well, they will quickly have to face
> reality anyway.

For unusually small values of forever.
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