----- Original Message -----
From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:34 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: hooray & thanx john bill &al nice going

> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > Would somebody please explain this new "gmane" thing?
> >
> > What the heck is it?
> > What does it do?
>
> i am sure i dont know the half of it yet & am still experimenting
> but for starters it appears to replicate our bp message board
> which would be inconsequential
> except it does seem to retain & archive at least some of the
> message attachments as promised
> tho not jespers plsk jpg for some mysterious reason

Yep, if it works that would be one of the main things. Not sure why one
showed up and the other didn't. :-/

>
> & it certainly beats the delivery time of these attachments as
> against individual email deliveries
> & probably makes subscribing to individual emails for this
> purpose no longer necessary
> & obviates any need to hand cobble urls &or resort to tinyurl
> & it may have a good search engine
> tho this is temporarily down

That is the thing that originally made me decide to try it. Guess we will
have to wait until Saturday to find out.

> & it may be a good backup & insurance against future yahoo
> tsunamis
> etc etc

Another one of the reasons.

>
> but maybe others can already explain more & better
>
> > Where is it found?
>
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.discuss.boundary-point
> so bookmark that at least
> &
> news://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.discuss.boundary-point

Yep. Either will work, but for the latter, you need a news reader.

> tho i havent penetrated this latter facility yet
> & the search engine is temporarily down
> etc etc
> so keep trying & see whats possible & please report any new
> discoveries
>
> > What is it supposed to do for us?
> >
> > Clueless,
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@h...>
> > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:24 AM
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] hooray & thanx john bill &al nice going
> >
> >
> > > it gives me great pleasure to say
> > > the new gmane bp culture facility has already demonstrated
> its
> > > enhanced usefulness above & beyond the yahoo bp facility
> > >
> > > for while the link in my previous post broke up at yahoo
> > > requiring hand cobbling by the reader
> > > i see it is entire & functional at gmane
> > >
> > > so i am wondering if others wouldnt like to experiment with
> the
> > > new rig in other ways
> > > say by attaching a favorite photo to your next message
> > > just to confirm that we have also effectively improved upon
> the
> > > individual email delivery route to viewing all such
> attachments
> > > as i believe & trust we have also done
> > > but it might be nice to take it out for a spin & see what all it
> will
> > > really do
> > >
> > > & am seriously considering changing my own home page
> from
> > > the bp yahoo message board to the bp gmane message
> board
> > > pending further developments
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > >
> > >
> > >
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