True, both can handle just the same, but a newsgroup can handle threads much better. -----Original Message----- From: Sebastian Schwenk [mailto:s.schwenk at wtal.de] Sent: 06 December 2002 06:33 To: dragaera at dragaera.info Subject: Re: [meta] spoiler protection David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote > Gaertk at aol.com writes: > > > PS. Saving threads for reading later is another > > thing newsgroups handle much better than email. > > On the contrary; with email, the message is on your system, you can > file it and reliably keep it. With newsgroups, the messages are on a > server system, and will expire on the schedule established by the news > admin without regard to your preferences. Well... in fact, both handle just the same... if you just use some local folders... ;) ~Sebastian, who just noticed that today PotD was finally listed as available >from amazon.de as well :)