AIX Google-group email

[Michael Jones]

I have noticed some AIXers have their signature at the bottom of their
postings. Is it possible to get emails of the google-group postings
and reply to a thread by email also. Google help says group postings
are only viewed via browsers.

[Todd H.]

[email]jonesmroot@yahoo.ca[/email] (Michael Jones) writes:

> I have noticed some AIXers have their signature at the bottom of
> their postings. Is it possible to get emails of the google-group
> postings and reply to a thread by email also. Google help says
> group postings are only viewed via browsers.

I'm afraid i don't understand what you're talking about?

Can you point to an example?

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Todd H.
[url]http://www.toddh.net/[/url]

[Nicholas Dronen]

Michael Jones <jonesmroot@yahoo.ca> wrote:
MJ> I have noticed some AIXers have their signature at the bottom of their
MJ> postings. Is it possible to get emails of the google-group postings
MJ> and reply to a thread by email also. Google help says group postings
MJ> are only viewed via browsers.

Email responses to USENET threads are poor style. If you're following-up
to a recent post, just post to USENET. It's public, it's archived, and
everyone can see it and learn from it. If the post you want to follow-up
to is old, and the problem it discussed, is unresolved, it's fair to
send email to one of the posters. But as a matter of practice, don't
email posters willy-nilly. It saps the benefits, as I said, of having
public, archived newsgroups.

Regards,

Nicholas

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[Dwivian]

Nicholas Dronen <ndronen@io.frii.com> wrote in message news:<3f675a3c$0$62078$75868355@news.frii.net>...

> Michael Jones <jonesmroot@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> MJ> [...] Is it possible to get emails of the google-group postings
> MJ> and reply to a thread by email also.

> Email responses to USENET threads are poor style. If you're following-up
> to a recent post, just post to USENET.

I think you miss the point of his question -- is it possible to use
email to reply to a THREAD. That is, can you use an email system to
connect to Usenet?

Such gateways have existed in the past, but they're probably
subscription if they still do. A threaded news-reader is much better
for such things, but if you tend to live and die by email, it would
make sense for you to find and pay for such a service.

Use yahoo or google and search for 'email gateway nntp usenet' and see
if something there provides you the right direction.

-dwiv (CATE/AIX)