Re: [tdf-discuss] List available at GMANE

Hi Larry,

Larry Gusaas schrieb:
> On 2010/10/09 10:49 AM Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> > In my opinion Gmane posting is an additional nice-to-have feature,
> > that can be improved, when time allows it.
> > ... especially if there is a workaround (subscribe-nomail) ...
>
> That is not a workaround. The purpose of Gmane is to treat a email list
> as a newsgroup so you do not always receive a ton of emails that you
> have to delete after reading or ignoring. A newsgroup allows you to read
> only the topics that interest you rather than downloading every message.

If you had read the other mails in this thread, you should have noticed 
that the "nomail" option of the list allows to subscribe without being 
sent any mail.

So why can't you accept this as workaround?

> Why would I want to receive emails from this list when I can read and
> reply through Gmane's News Server (NNTP) ?

You don't need to receive any mail. Just subscribe with "nomail" option 
as described by Florian:
http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/msg01130.html

Best regards
Bernhard

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