Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:57:24 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Why not a news server? Message-ID: <20020218015724.GA897@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <3C606B11 DOT 7060306 AT DeFaria DOT com> <20020206000517 DOT GA12007 AT redhat DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i Please go to http://cygwin.com/ and post a news item. cgf On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 04:54:02PM -0700, Daniel Adams wrote: >I will say my 2c once again, I am rather glad to have this setup because I >believe it will allow for a lot more than simply an e-mail group. Often >times I am thinking about something about a month or two after it has been >discussed, and frankly an nntp server group is easier to search than some >mailing list archives. One reason is that a person can use which ever front >end reader they prefer, including most of the ones that are part of Un*x to >read e-mail. I had been using pine for the group, now I have OE 6.0 which is >the one I would rather have. > >As far as the info to have on the cygwin website, how about the stuff that I >had attached in my message, telling people how to get to the newsgroup, >Christopher? >-- >Sincerely, >Daniel Adams - dpa3 AT dana DOT ucc DOT nau DOT edu >http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~dpa3 > > 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)- Each one should use whatever gift he has received to >serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. > >"Per Abrahamsen" wrote in message >news:rj3d00w7ln DOT fsf AT ssv2 DOT dina DOT kvl DOT dk... >> Christopher Faylor writes: >> >> > 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. >> >> There is a nntp gateway of this group at >> >> < nntp://quimby.gnus.org/gmane.os.cygwin > >> >> > I have several other great ideas which I'll be happy to share with you >> > once you've gotten your service set up. >> >> < nntp://quimby.gnus.org/gmane.discuss > >> >> is the place to discuss the gmane groups. >> >> >> -- >> 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/ >> >> > > > > > >-- >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/ -- Please do not send me personal email with cygwin questions. Use the resources at http://cygwin.com/ . -- 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/