"Mike Cox" <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:m33bwdazgz.fsf@linux.local...
> Rob Kelk <robkelk@deadspam.com> writes:
>
> > On 03 Feb 2005 16:04:44 -0800, Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Rob Kelk <robkelk@deadspam.com> writes:
> > >
> > >> On 03 Feb 2005 13:34:40 -0800, Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >"True211" <true211@gmail.com> writes:
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > > This isn't really a Linux question, by the way...
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > There are *no* postgresql usenet newsgroups. Not a one.
> > >>
> > >> I see 26 postgresql Usenet newsgroups on the news.individual.net
Usenet
> > >> server.
> > >>
> > >
> > >Ok genuis, why don't you try to post to one of those 26 newsgroups on
> > >individual.net and see what happens.
> >
> > I don't care about the topic; thus, I have nothing relevant to post to
> > them.
> >
> > > Get back to me with an apology
> > >when you have done so.
> >
> > Are you implying that the groups don't exist and I'm lying to you?
> >
> > Or are you having problems with the decades-old concept of a "gated
> > newsgroup"? If that's the case, then perhaps you owe me an apology
> > after you've done some research on the topic.
>
> Well, yes. You have to be a member of the mailing list you want to
> post to even if you are posting through usenet. Otherwise your post
> will bounce to you *email* account. Half of those who respond even
> when you are a member of the list, respond via email only! And you
> must be a member of the 26 different mailing lists in order to post to
> each one!
>
> For example, if I have a question about JDBC, I must first sign up for
> the mailing list and go through the confirmation steps and then after
> my problem is solved, I then have to unsubscribe in order to stop my
> inbox from being flooded with emails! Is this how usenet should work
> in your opinion?
>
> > Followups set to comp.os.linux.misc only, *again*. Next time, they'll
> > be set to the killfile.
>
> Since we are discussing USENET, I feel comp.os.linux.misc is an
> inappropriate place for a followup.
Then take in to PGSQL* where it is on-topic.