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grahamjperrin

I can refute the mailing list argument, but here's not the place for yet another argument about the pros and cons.

NNTP is not looking good for the Project. Please see, for example:

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/192271/253798105-4...

At the time, mid-July: "twelve on-topic threads this year – overall, probably not bad enough to justify delisting."

NNTP looks far worse for other groups that are promoted.

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This is more to do with how USENET is run rather than NNTP as a protocol.

Fundamentally there is very little difference between NNTP group and mailing list except the former having no spam filter and moderation.

It would be great if all mailing lists provided at least read-only access to archives via NNTP. I miss gmane as my one stop shop for all mailing lists.

I used gmane.

Realistically, I can't use NNTP for things such as inline graphics e.g. screenshots.

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