From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Testing Newgrp. Please Read
Date:	Thu, 21 Nov 1996 20:06:10 -0800
Organization:	Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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To:	"Garrido Freire, Fco. Javier ((R)JA.GAR. SOFT)" <garridof AT cs DOT us DOT es>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

Garrido Freire, Fco. Javier ((R)JA.GAR. SOFT) wrote:
> 
> I'm testing posting to this newsgroup.
> Server is new in our machine.
> 
> Can some of you reply me, please? (just 2 or 3 :-)

This isn't really appropriate to the newsgroup, but I'll bite and
reply.  I got your message.  ;)

> BTW, I've heared that newsgroup is slower than mailing. Is that
> true?

Not necessarily.  The newsgroup is crosslinked to the mailing list, so
what appears on one _will_ appear on the other.  The only problem is
that the server that handles the crossposting (delorie.com) has a
relatively slow Internet link, so it can be up to two days before a
message emailed to the list gets posted to the newsgroup, and vice
versa.

However, this doesn't mean that the newsgroup is slower than the mailing
list.  If you post to the newsgroup, people who read it will see your
message first, and people who read the list will see your message
later.  If you email the list, list readers will see the message first,
and the newsgroup people later.  I, for example, read the newsgroup.

> PS: I will be sub to the mailing for a while.

If you do have a reliable Usenet connection, it is recommended that you
post to the ng instead of the list.  This is to reduce the load on DJ's
server.

-- 
John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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