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From: jjf AT dsbc DOT icl DOT co DOT uk (J.J.Farrell)
Subject: Re: The mail list in a news group
22 Jan 1997 23:00:51 -0800 :
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Original-To: shankar AT chromatic DOT com (Shankar Unni)
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In-Reply-To: <199701221638.IAA19103@hatchet.chromatic.com> from "Shankar Unni" at Jan 22, 97 08:38:41 am
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> From: Shankar Unni <shankar AT chromatic DOT com>
> 
> 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..

Agreed - it shouldn't be a problem since several of the Big8 Usenet
groups are bidirectionally gatewayed to mailing lists. I don't see
any advantage to a private newsgroup though; I think this project
warrants discussion in a group of its own in the comp hierarchy. A
presence in the Big8 would advertise the project's existence very
effectively, and probably bring in a lot of useful people.

Regards,
		jjf
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