From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/88730 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Adam_Sj=C3=B8gren?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Proposed new introductory section to the Gnus manual Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:09:44 +0200 Organization: koldfront - analysis & revolution, Copenhagen, Denmark Message-ID: <87v9utowlz.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> References: <87o90mm4x2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87blwmuh6j.fsf@dick.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87mug6klq3.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87imqtqh44.fsf@tullinup.koldfront.dk> <87tvad821u.fsf@bobnewell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="191706"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M36934@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Aug 19 20:10:14 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.208]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hzm6g-000nn3-HP for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:10:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hzm6Y-00054y-VV; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:10:07 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hzm6U-000526-1Y for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:10:02 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hzm6S-0000u0-OQ for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:10:01 -0500 Original-Received: from 195-159-176-226.customer.powertech.no ([195.159.176.226] helo=blaine.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hzm6P-0004aC-Gn for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:09:59 +0200 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hzm6N-000nP9-2j for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:09:55 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ OpenPGP: id=476630590A231909B0A0961A49D0746121BDE416; url=https://asjo.koldfront.dk/gpg.asc Mail-Follow-Up-To: never X-Face: )qY&CseJ?.:=8F#^~GcSA?F=9eu'{KAFfL1C3/A&:nE?PW\i65"ba0NS)97,Q(^@xk}n4Ou rPuR#V8I(J_@~H($[ym:`K_+]*kjvW>xH5jbgLBVFGXY:(#4P>zVBklLbdL&XxL\M)%T}3S/IS9lMJ ^St'=VZBR Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:88730 Archived-At: Bob writes: > Thanks for this info, I must look into this option more closely. I > wasn't aware of NNTP still being very current. But I'm not aware of a > lot of things! I think it's fair to say that NNTP is very niche today, but it is not gone, and it is surprisingly versatile, as we abuse it for various nefarious purposes. But without Gnus... nah. Best regards, Adam -- "And so, after a three minute downpour, he became Adam Sjøgren ludicrously attired for the rest of the day." asjo@koldfront.dk