From a List to a Newsgroup?

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Robert J. Brown wrote:
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> >>>>> "MF" == MF Blume <mfblume@ns.sympatico.ca> writes:
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>     MF> Hi brother, Is there any way for Higher-fire to become a
>     MF> "newsgroup" rather than a list?  Newsgroups do not load all
>     MF> the info into your hardrive as this list does.  That would
>     MF> make things a lot easier.  I do not think there would be any
>     MF> complaints about any number of posts then.  But I know nothing
>     MF> about setting one up, and the setup is probably a lot more
>     MF> complex or costly??
> 
>     MF> I would LOVE to see a Oneness newsgroup started, though.
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>     MF> Downloading all the posts does get tedious.
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>     MF> -- In Christ, Mike Blume mfblume@ns.sympatico.ca
>     MF> http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/mfblume/mblume.htm
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> The problem with newsgroups is SPAM!  You cannot control who
> subscribes to a newsgroup.  We could not prevent GET RICH QUICK
> postings, or even highly obscene and blasphemous postngs.  Newsgroups
> are a true public forum, and so in the USA all free speech
> considerqtions apply as well.  This would be a *BIG* mistake for HF.
> 
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I agree. My vote is too NOT go with a newsgroup.
CJ