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Re: google groups and Usenet
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Paul Kienzle |
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Re: google groups and Usenet |
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Fri, 9 Sep 2005 07:22:54 -0400 |
I checked out Nabble briefly. The particular problem I have with the
octave archive is that I don't know how to extract attachments from
archived messages. Nabble also seems to punt on this.
I also want to sort by author and search the message body.
- Paul
On Sep 8, 2005, at 9:26 PM, kooto (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
Besides Google Group and Gmane, there is another alternative:
Nabble.com - check out: http://www.nabble.com/Octave-f1895.html - like
Gmane, it's a third-party archive/forum of Octave lists.
A lot of users prefer using emails and therefore mailing list is the
way to go. But then there are users who prefer a web forum interface
which avoids clogging their email box. Google, Gmane, and Nabble can
all function as a forum-to-list bridge, meaning users who prefer web
interface can use the web forum, while die-hard mailing list users can
stay the way they want, and web and email will be in synch.
All three are free. With Google, there are ads. Gmane is ad-free.
Nabble is ad-free.
I suggest Nabble because I am a member of the Nabble project. One of
the reason we created Nabble is because we all subscribe to a lot of
technical lists and it clutters email box and we find it difficult to
search them.
Take Octave project for example, there are 6 lists, with Nabble, you
can browse and search the 6 lists at the same place. You can also
narrow your search to each list and narrow by author. This is better
than Google and Gmane, because with Google and Gmane you still have to
browse and search 6 lists on at a time.
Nabble started archiving Octave lists a few months ago, so there may
not be a significant amount of data. But still, you can browse it to
keep updated to the latest stuff.
Hope this helps.
Robert A. Macy wrote:
Google's "user interface" does not work well for me.
I've never had a known problem with octave group.
What interface are you referring to?
- Robert -
Sent from the Octave - General forum at Nabble.com.
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- Re: google groups and Usenet, (continued)
- Re: google groups and Usenet, kooto (sent by Nabble.com), 2005/09/08
- Re: google groups and Usenet, Robert A. Macy, 2005/09/08
- Re: google groups and Usenet, John W. Eaton, 2005/09/08
- Re: google groups and Usenet, Robert A. Macy, 2005/09/08
- Re: google groups and Usenet, Madhusudan Singh, 2005/09/08
- Re: google groups and Usenet, John W. Eaton, 2005/09/08
- Re: google groups and Usenet, kooto (sent by Nabble.com), 2005/09/09
- Re: google groups and Usenet,
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