RE: Newsgroup uk.tech.home-automation now created

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

I used to have a problem with email until I used a common *.pst file

The PST file is on my laptop which goes everywhere with me so I always have
all my mail. When I am at home or work it is plugged into the LAN and my
desktop machines use a mapped drive to connect to the PST file.

I also back up the PST file to desktop machines in two locations 50 miles
apart !

The system was working extremely well until we were barred from POP3 at
work
:-(

How does the database work with the newsgroups ?

The news servers I have access to are different at work and at home. At
work
external news servers are also blocked.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hetherington [mailto:mark.egroups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 February 2002 22:42
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Newsgroup uk.tech.home-automation now created


> The trouble with newsgroups is you end up reading the messages
> at work then the same ones when you get home. At least with
> email, one you have read it you dont get it again.

Depends on your setup in both cases. My list email goes to my home address
which I can pick up from work but do not stop going home as well since it
could mean messages I want to keep at home get cancelled by reading at
work.
So I effectively get everything twice from the mailing list. IMAP is the
only decent solution for this, but I currently do not have it on my main
account.

Usenet on the other hand I have no such problems with since I have my
systems setup to share a database showing what messages I have read so my
position appears to be the exact opposite of your own. There are also other
advantages of Usenet over an email system.

Mark.



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