Re: Shared folders: flag handling?

["Rupa Schomaker (list)" <rupa-list@rupa.com>]

Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:

> Rupa Schomaker (list) <rupa-list@rupa.com> writes:
> 
> > For internal discussion groups I much prefer setting up local
> > newsgroups on a news server and use NNTP to access.  You get all the
> > benefits of shared folders w/out the weird flag handling.
> 
> Hm, but newsgroups are read-only.  Isn't that a problem?  I liked the
> fact that one can just move messages around and delete them, too.

Ah, gotcha.  I would just say "too bad".  You can cancel your own
posts but thats it.  Obviously you want something a bit more
"functional" -- I guess BBs are the way to go.

> And, like I said, I'm not sure the `weird' flag handling is bad, maybe
> I just don't know how to use it successfully.

Very possible.  

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