Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 20:37:34 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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	Green on Tue, 07 Mar 2000 23:23:45 +0000)
Subject: Re: Too many parameters
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> > > It looks like the mail gateway to the list does not propogate messages
> > > to the newsgroup except for posts by subscribers to the list.  
> > 
> > This isn't true.

Agreed, this isn't the way it's supposed to work.  Non-subscribers can
post to news via the mailing list.

> To test this theory I am CC'ing this to the gateway.  If you can,
> please look at a news server to see if it turns up (along with Al's).

Sending multiple messages won't help, because the gateway watches the
message-id's.  If it sees the same message-id twice, it ignores the
repeat.  This is one of about four ways it prevents loops.

The mailing list is archived at http://www.delorie.com/archives/
You should be able to see all the messages that the list server passed
stored there.

> This is not a complaint BTW, just an observation, if things are not
> working as they should then DJ will probably want to know.

Yup, but email them to me personally in case I miss the post on the
mailing list (different mail bins).  Please take this off the main
list, but you may cc me on further discussion about the mechanics of
the gateway itself.