Hear ,hear. I'm on the mailing list because of the those very reasons. 
I access everything through work.

Sven
On 26/05/2004, at 4:06 AM, Carl Youngblood wrote:

> Phil Tomson wrote:
>
>> I have always preferred reading comp.lang.ruby over subscribing to 
>> ruby-talk (too much mail).  I really hope we can keep the two 
>> connected.
>>
> One other important thing to keep in mind is that some of us are 
> forced to use ruby-talk because we don't have access to a news server 
> (other than through google, which is dog slow).  Even though I prefer 
> NNTP, I can't use it at work.
>
> Carl