Carlos E. R. wrote:
On news servers the administrator can also delete postings. I'm unsure if that will stop clients from posting again to that same OT thread if they have a local copy, though.
on news server, there is nothing like "local copy" (unless you make a save), so it's no more possible to anwser a cancelled message. do think at the differences between news and mail: * news are online reading. one must be online to use the forum. This allow the owner or a moderator to cancel a message. Mail are off line reading, so posts sent are kept by the receiver. this is cheaper as for connection cost, the receiver can keep a copy of the message. The owner have to keep a copy of all messages if he wants to be able to answer an old message * with news it's the server that archives the messages, usually for a limited time (1 month, frequently), so anybody coming in the middle of a discussion can read and answer. mails can be archived by the server, but in openSUSE one mails are obfuscated and it's impossible to answer neither on the list neither to the original poster news is certainly better for a discussion: * on a defined subject, given by the first message. * discussion for a given duration (IE one week, for example) * with "soft" moderation, allowing a fast pace between questions and answers. news can nearly be "on sync" if necessary * with a great number of readers/writers (each thread is easy to follow) to keys here, probably: news are better fitted for permanent net link (modem can be expensive), soft moderation ("cleaning", more than censorship) is easy. anyway, if most of the users agreed, it's very easy to test it for a limited period of time and to make a decision afterward. news is not yet used by openSUSE, it's a shame, this is a very old and very nice tool :-) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/mediawiki/index.php/GPS_Lowrance_GO --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org