From:	shankar AT chromatic DOT com (Shankar Unni)
Subject:	Re: The mail list in a news group
22 Jan 1997 10:31:03 -0800 :
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Carl J R Johansson said:

> The ideal solution would maybe be to automatically forward the messages
> to a local (again, as opposed to global) newsgroup and vice versa while
> maintaining the mailing list. That should keep everyone happy, but I don't
> know if it's practical.

Certainly it's practical. A great many mailing lists are mirrored on
newsgroups - the classic examples being the gnu mailing lists, reflected
in the gnu.* newsgroup heirarchy. It should be a simple matter to borrow
their framework..
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Shankar Unni                                  shankar AT chromatic DOT com
Chromatic Research                            (408) 752-9488
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