RAS group reader

On 11/20/2010 1:56 AM, John Smith wrote:
Ramy wrote:
First try accessing it through googlegroups:

No, don't!

Ask your Internet provider how to access its nntp-Server.

And why not, may I ask? I dumped newsreaders long ago and find

Because, for example, users that post via Google Groups tend to not
trim the quoted text which makes following a thread a major nuisance.
RAS is a textbook example for this.

Your problem may be the same as mine: I'm using the newsreader
functionality built in to my email program, which is adequate for my
purposes, but doesn't to hide most of the quoted text like GG does.

I just used Google Groups to start a reply to ras, and I think I see the
problem: the Google *Reply* box shows only the last 15 lines of the
quoted text with the entry cursor positioned just below it. This
effectively hides what can be 100's of lines of quoted text from the
writer, and they also don't see these 100's of lines when they use
Google to read the postings (Google automatically hides it), so they
remain oblivious to the situation. And if they've always used a Google
Groups to read ras, how could they be expected to know what's happening?

Now that I understand the situation better, I promise to stop nagging
people that don't trim their posts.

Newsreaders were the only choice when I started a long time ago, and
when the browser based choice became available, it was impractical when
using dial-up, and especially so when traveling - no wi-fi, no mobile
broadband, no dial-up in the motorhome. Now, broadband at home and while
traveling make the choice of a newsreader or browser reading a preference.

I will continue to use my email program for newsgroups out of habit and
convenience, but GG seems good enough that I might like it just as well.
Because my usenet source doesn't archive more than a few months, I
already use GG for finding old posts (a rare need).


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