On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:49:49 +0200, Helmut Eller e9626484@stud3.tuwien.ac.at wrote:
Yes, I think it is a bit less a hassle because you don't have to remember passwords and such. Gmane is also useful if you just want to read the mailing list or search for old messages and if you like a newsreaderly interface.
I thought c-l.net is also supposed to provide access to mailing lists via NNTP:
http://common-lisp.net/nntp.shtml
Haven't tried it, though.
Cheers, Edi.