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Date: | Tue, 05 Feb 2002 16:19:15 -0800 |
From: | Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Why not a news server? |
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Christopher Faylor wrote: >On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 03:30:25PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >>News servers were created exactly to address this issue. It is the >>medium developed exactly for what we are trying to do here. Am I so >>wrong to ask why we are not using the medium?!?. >> >As a wild guess, I suppose because a newsgroup isn't available? > >If you feel this strongly about a news server then I see no reason why >you shouldn't set one up. I'll be happy to advertise the service on >the cygwin web site. > >I'd suggest that you gateway the cygwin mailing list into news, and >vice versa. That would probably be optimum. > >I have several other great ideas which I'll be happy to share with you >once you've gotten your service set up. > >cgf > As I just got through mentioning to Larry I would take a shot at setting it up however I lack the resources (a machine, the software and the space). Hosting this from my home PC is probably not a good idea. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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