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From:	"Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:18:14 +0300
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Subject:	Re: djgpp news server
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Date sent:      	Fri, 16 Oct 1998 22:49:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:           	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:             	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:        	djgpp news server
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> 
> Please test this before I unleash it on the general users:
> 
> 	news://news.delorie.com/comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> 
> The purpose of this is to allow occasional lurking in djgpp-land,
> without the overhead of all the mail, and without worrying about your
> ISP expiring messages more than a few hours old (mine does).
> 
> Yes, I know the mail archive browser can serve this purpose, but the
> news protocol is much more efficient.
> 
> Posting is not allowed (they can mail to djgpp@) and messages are kept
> (currently) for a week.
> 

Looks that all is Ok. 

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