Browsing forums thru "Mail & newsgroups" facility

sandy · 09-05-2002, 01:07 PM

Can I browse the linuxquestions forums in through the "mail & newsgroups " facility of mozilla or netscape ???? If yes how?

markus1982 · 09-05-2002, 01:23 PM

well i don't think that's possible since it's not a newsgroup you can subscribe to, it's just a discussion board which is based on a PHP-script that is executed on a webserver

acid_kewpie · 09-05-2002, 01:27 PM

no. it's been mentioned a few times up here in the clouds, but there are no plans for such features, as it would need an awful lot of processing and stuff to keep things neat and tidy here. for example, you need to quote stuff in a newsgroup, but not here really. this site can never be allowed to suffer from such a feature, so it is unlikely

and i've moved this post to the right forum...

sandy · 09-06-2002, 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by acid_kewpie
no. it's been mentioned a few times up here in the clouds, but there are no plans for such features, as it would need an awful lot of processing and stuff to keep things neat and tidy here. for example, you need to quote stuff in a newsgroup, but not here really. this site can never be allowed to suffer from such a feature, so it is unlikely

and i've moved this post to the right forum...

Sorry I just wanted to explore the "mail & newsgroups" facility of netscape.. Can anyone suggest a site ?

jeremy · 09-06-2002, 11:09 AM

It is on the would be nice one day list, but as Chris said we would have to work a few things out first.

--jeremy

rverlander · 09-07-2002, 10:43 PM

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Originally posted by sandy
Sorry I just wanted to explore the "mail & newsgroups" facility of netscape.. Can anyone suggest a site ?

comp.os.linux

sandy · 09-07-2002, 11:54 PM

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Originally posted by rverlander
comp.os.linux

But What I wanted to know is a news server address.......

rverlander · 09-07-2002, 11:58 PM

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Originally posted by sandy
But What I wanted to know is a news server address.......

comp.os.linux.* is on the newsservers of most good ISPs

markus1982 · 09-08-2002, 03:22 AM

Well I bet Sandy is looking for a news server she can use ... so I did some research for you Sandy. I found a website with a nice list of newsservers that are avaible and if you're allowed to post there. Besides the site's popup everything is fine

http://usenet__servers.tripod.com/

Have fun