[R] Writing responses to the R-Help list

[Farrel Buchinsky]

"Farrel Buchinsky" <fbuchins at wpahs.org> wrote in message 
news:BC8F555F81DA87459A3C8B4752ABD8892D3FCC at WPAHSEMAIL.pgh.wpahs.org...
>A while back Gabor Grothendieck suggested that I try
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general. This was after I asked 
> how
> to easily reply to posts on the listserve. Ideally I would like the
> functionality that I find in Microsoft Outlook Express newsreader for 
> usenet
> groups or what I find in Google Groups.

Emboldened by my ability to get the r-help mailing on my Outlook newsreader 
(see within this thread), I tried to see if I could get it on Google Groups. 
http://groups.google.com/ There I typed "comp lang gmane" into the directory 
search box and found
comp.lang.c++ -

comp.lang.python -

comp.lang.ruby -

comp.lang.c++.perfometer -

I think they are all on Usenet. I will be the first to confess that I do not 
really have a jot of a clue how Usenet relates to gmane and mailing lists, 
OR NOT. Needles to say let me ask a questions so loaded with a naiveté that 
only I would ask it. "Why can I not get R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing 
list on Google Groups?" And whatever the answer is to that question, how 
does one negate it? I would love to be able to get the mailing list on 
Google Groups or its mirror gmane.comp.lang.r.general.


-- 
Farrel Buchinsky, MD
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA