Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > I really really want to abstain from that thread. So a new one: > > Gene Heskett wrotei in 'mailing list vs "the futur"': >> [...] NNTP [...] >> To fully support it needs 2000 times the bandwidth of an email server. > > But not because of the transport protocoli or message format. NNTP belongs > to the same breed of reasonably concise protocols as the mail protocols > POP3 and SMTP. The message formats too are very similar: A list of header > lines and a message body. > > [...] > > linux.debian.user > > which should be on most news servers (because it is of modest size).
Yeah, well, least it's on eternal-september (my NNTP provider). I doubt they're the most active, but the service is free, and good enough for my tastes. -- |_|O|_| Registered Linux user #585947 |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: 05CA 9A50 3F2E 1335 4DC5 4AEE 8E11 DDF3 1279 A281
