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R

Ragdyer

Strictly terminology ... depends on your newsreader.

In my OE, I "subscribe" to these groups so that OE adds them to my folders
list.
 
J

joeu2004

Strictly terminology ... depends on your newsreader.
In my OE, I "subscribe" to these groups so that OE adds them to
my folders list.
Click to expand...

But I am sure that you do not (and do not need to) send a message with
"subscribe" in the subject line. That is a "majordomo" convention;
that is, a convention required of "mailing lists", not newsgroups --
not even moderated newsgroups -- although some private newsgroups do
require people to subscribe in some fashion. But in any case, I am
not aware of any convention requiring (or even approving of) people
mailing a "subscribe" message to the entire mailing list or
newsgroup. I believe that is always contrary to etiquette.
 
R

Ragdyer

As I said, strictly *terminology*.

Once you click on a "group", and then exit, OE asks if you wish to
"subscribe" to that group.
Clicking "Yes" adds that group to your list of folders.

So, folks unfamiliar with the ways of the "net" will think, thanks to OE's
choice of nomenclature, that they subscribed to these groups.

In fact, clicking on "News Groups" in OE opens a window titled "NewsGroup
Subscriptions", where one of the 3 tabs in that window is labeled
"Subscribed", where a list of groups is displayed.
This window also has a button labeled "Subscribe" so you can add groups to
your folders list without having to visit them in the first place.

So, with OE probably being the largest single reader around, whose to argue
what "subscribe to" actually means?

Doesn't make any difference to me ... call it what you please.
I just know I don't have to pay for the subscription!<bg>
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Regards,

RD

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Strictly terminology ... depends on your newsreader.
In my OE, I "subscribe" to these groups so that OE adds them to
my folders list.
Click to expand...

But I am sure that you do not (and do not need to) send a message with
"subscribe" in the subject line. That is a "majordomo" convention;
that is, a convention required of "mailing lists", not newsgroups --
not even moderated newsgroups -- although some private newsgroups do
require people to subscribe in some fashion. But in any case, I am
not aware of any convention requiring (or even approving of) people
mailing a "subscribe" message to the entire mailing list or
newsgroup. I believe that is always contrary to etiquette.
 
J

joeu2004

As I said, strictly *terminology*.
Once you click on a "group", and then exit, OE asks if you
wish to "subscribe" to that group.
Clicking "Yes" adds that group to your list of folders.
So, folks unfamiliar with the ways of the "net" will think, thanks
to OE's choice of nomenclature, that they subscribed to these
groups.
Click to expand...

As you say, "terminology". But I take terminology in context. When
Bob said one does not subscribe to newsgroup, he was responding to the
"subscribe to group" posting by the OP. Ergo, I read Bob's rebuke to
mean: one does not need to (and I would say should not) post a
"subscribe" article in order to use a (public) newsgroup. So even
though I "subscribe" to newsgroups, meaning that I support the
concept, I would never disagree with Bob that the OP does not need to
"subscribe" by posting a message.

We're beating a dead horse. On the other hand, I think it is
important because so many nonsensical discussions arise because people
take things out of context. It's a good habit to break. (Or is it a
bad habit to be broken? ;->)
 
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