Re: create a message, have it in the holster?

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

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Emanual B wrote:
>> PS. Is this a question for
>>     gmane.emacs.gnus.general or
>>     gmane.emacs.gnus.user ?
>

Eric A wrote
> PS I don't know that there's any difference between the two lists at
> this point, and kind of think it would be better for
> gmane.emacs.gnus.user to go away.

Repectfully wish to disagree with this.

I (for one) continue to use gmane.emacs.gnus.user in this way:
I sometimes have questions about common functioning of gnus, perhaps
things I once knew but forgot and having a time finding in manual.
(and that might be pretty common amongst the 70+ yrs gang I belong to)

Or just things I never had occasion to use until now, but that I know
are long time abilities.

I suppose it could be argued that those very things may well have
changed in more recent versions and therefore more appropriate to
gmane.emacs.gnus.general but as a long time user I think I have some
fairly good notions about what is old stuff or not.

I suspect there are more than a few others who feel they know the
difference and know when to post to which group. In fact I would have
guessed that Emanual B, would have been one of those.

Plus there is always the process of posting to ...user and if no
answer comes in a few days, move it to ...general.

I suppose this is quite subjective, but still, I suspect what I say
above is pretty close to true.

One other point is that it would be a waste of talent to tie up people
like Eric A with mundane questions that can be answered by other old
hands.