spam and news

[Andrew Buc <72220.443@compuserve.com>]

 > if, instead of email, I were to switch to a news-based service, 
 > where you point your newsreader at a private server, would anyone 
 > be unable to access this?  
 
I assume this is news in the sense of newsgroup? I've never used a newsreader, 
but I've just gotten an account with an ISP, and there's a first time for 
everything!
 
For me, a lot of it comes down to the functionality of the software on my end. 
Once I get going with an Internet mail reader, I'm planning to uns*bscr*be at 
this address and s*bscr*be (you'd think I was hinting at dirty words! :) thru 
my ISP. A lot of the rationale for this is being able to set up filtering to 
dump qlist stuff into a dedicated folder. Never having experienced a 
newsreader, I can't compare the bells and whistles of one to those of my mailer.
 
--Andrew Buc, Seattle, WA; 03-Apr-98, 23:47