Re: [IBMiOSS] This list is now active on gmane.org as gmane.comp.systems.ibmi.opensource

On 7/21/2016 10:29 AM, Aaron Bartell wrote:

Just curious, what does gmane offer that archive.midrange.com doesn't? Or
maybe a better question, why do people like it? I am intrigued because of
the reasons the author gives for creating it (trying to solve similar
issues of communication).

As David said, gmane offers NNTP access, so we can use a newsreader to follow the list (I use Thunderbird). I haven't seen any web forum interface or email mechanism that's as convenient as a newsreader for following a forum or mailing list.

Using a newsreader is more a replacement for getting posts through email than a replacement for the archive. I guess following the mailing list solely through the archive can work, using the date index and thread indexes, but when I had to do that recently due to gmane being down, it felt quite awkward.

Thanks David!