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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:

> David Hedbor <david@hedbor.org> writes:
> 
> > Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu> writes:
> > 
> > > 2) I think it'd be better to have the parent article be the parent of
> > >    a thread, rather than having a separate newsgroup per topic...
> > >    Then you have to do too much subscribing and unsubscribing.
> > 
> > I agree. Have the headlines in the buffer. Then you can read the
> > comments by pressing C-g or so on the articles.
> 
> Why isn't it sufficient to just have threads?  They can be hidden and
> shown, just as the users wish.

That would of course work great. I just didn't think about it.

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