Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd

[Michael Schuster]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 17:02 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:49 AM Michael Schuster <
> michaelsprivate at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 15:21 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:11 AM RW via freebsd-questions <
>> > freebsd-questions at freebsd.org> wrote:
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>> > > You can use gmail with a separate email client if you like. The
>> > > servers support pop/imap/smtp.
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>> > Case in point I use gmail not because of its ease of use per se (even
>> > though it is better then most standalone MUA's) I use it because it is
>> an
>> > off-site backup of years worth of correspondence that is too valuable to
>> > worry about losing in a hardware failure.
>> >
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>> You can configure most email clients to leave messages on the server...
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> Why make a system with many moving parts one I can make one just as good
> with one moving part?  I think in some areas this would be called
> complicating the crap out of an ant hill.    I really think most people if
> given the option (and equal functionality) would go for the fewest moving
> parts (given Murphy that is).   For what I need and want gmail has all the
> functionality I want so why add complexity when none is needed?
>

If it works for you, that's fine. For others, something else may work
better. I don't believe this is a "one size fits all" situation.

Cheers
Michael