advantages of gmane over google groups

[Jon Awbrey]

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no, it won't keep the postings down.  it just means that our
more time-challenged readers can disable seqfan list delivery
but still use the newsreader in a more selective way, and sans
all the disk storage on their own machines.

ja

franktaw at netscape.net wrote:
> 
> Something like this, that does not disturb the existing mailing list,
> might very well be worth doing for its own sake.  Having an archive
> would, IMO, be a plus, not a drawback.
> 
> I don't think this will do much to solve the problem of excessive
> postings of limited value, however - it might even make it worse.
> 
> Franklin T. Adams-Watters

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