Mailbox Management

[Cy Shuster]

Access.

Anyone, anywhere can send messages to a newsgroup (think BIG TIME spam), and
anyone can read the messages.  See http://groups.google.com, and check out
rec.music.makers.piano for an example.  Synonyms for newsgroups include
Usenet and NNTP.

A mailing list is simply a collection of email addresses.  Mail sent to the
list goes only to those individuals.  Membership in the list may be open or
restricted.  People have to discover the names of mailing lists, while a
directory of newsgroups exists.  Andy is kind enough to filter out spam and
large files, and to provide digests; none of that happens in a newsgroup
(unless it's moderated).

--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Skolnik" <davidskolnik@optonline.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: Mailbox Management


> Bill-
>
> Sorry to be such an ignorant toad, but what is the difference between a
> mailing list and a newsgroup?
>
> David Skolnik