"Mike Cox" <mikecoxlinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:m33bwdazgz.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Rob Kelk <robkelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On 03 Feb 2005 16:04:44 -0800, Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >Rob Kelk <robkelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > >> On 03 Feb 2005 13:34:40 -0800, Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > > >> >"True211" <true211@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > This isn't really a Linux question, by the way... > > >> >> > > > >> >> > There are *no* postgresql usenet newsgroups. Not a one. > > >> > > >> I see 26 postgresql Usenet newsgroups on the news.individual.net Usenet > > >> server. > > >> > > > > > >Ok genuis, why don't you try to post to one of those 26 newsgroups on > > >individual.net and see what happens. > > > > I don't care about the topic; thus, I have nothing relevant to post to > > them. > > > > > Get back to me with an apology > > >when you have done so. > > > > Are you implying that the groups don't exist and I'm lying to you? > > > > Or are you having problems with the decades-old concept of a "gated > > newsgroup"? If that's the case, then perhaps you owe me an apology > > after you've done some research on the topic. > > Well, yes. You have to be a member of the mailing list you want to > post to even if you are posting through usenet. Otherwise your post > will bounce to you *email* account. Half of those who respond even > when you are a member of the list, respond via email only! And you > must be a member of the 26 different mailing lists in order to post to > each one! > > For example, if I have a question about JDBC, I must first sign up for > the mailing list and go through the confirmation steps and then after > my problem is solved, I then have to unsubscribe in order to stop my > inbox from being flooded with emails! Is this how usenet should work > in your opinion? > > > Followups set to comp.os.linux.misc only, *again*. Next time, they'll > > be set to the killfile. > > Since we are discussing USENET, I feel comp.os.linux.misc is an > inappropriate place for a followup. Then take in to PGSQL* where it is on-topic. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
