Interfaces to high-volume discussion forums

[Michael Spencer]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:36:44 -0800, Michael Spencer
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a solution that also synchronizes post read status?  If 
>> Google Reader or something like it handled NNTP, I imagine I'd use it to achieve 
>> this benefit.
>>
> 	Unlike email clients (SMTP/POP) which physically delete messages
> from the server, NNTP clients just work from a local list of available
> newsgroups -- including a flag for subscription status, and a list of
> message numbers that have been read. The only way to synchronize news
> readers would be to somehow share this list among them.
> 
Yep, that's what I'm looking for.  Either a client that synchronizes message 
status (like a bookmark synchronizer, such as Foxmarks for Firefox), or a 
threaded web-based newsreader that preserves state (as Google Reader does for 
RSS feeds).

Michael