Re: Did I finally figure out the rationale?

[Richard Tobin]

In article <1180638481.868899.15220@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
mike3  <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Gnu.misc.discuss is a mailing-list gatewayed to a newsgroup.

>Really. I didn't know, I just thought it was a newsgroup.
>So then everything here is emails? Whoa...

No, it's both.  Some people read it and post to it through usenet,
others through mail.  The relaying evidently sometimes results in
people seeing mangled addresses.

-- Richard
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