* Ole Kofoed Hansen
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Damon Register wrote:
We can dream but I am afraid that e-mail fans would prevent conversion to usenet.
Why is it that people always talk about converting? Why not set up a mail to news gateway, so that the list(s) can be read on suse.com through NNTP?
I know this can be done, because SSLUG http://www.sslug.dk uses this approach. To diminish spam only subscribers to the ANNOUNCE list can post, but everyone can read. It is still possible to subscribe to the individual lists for those who prefer mail over news.
It shouldn't even be too difficult to implement for SuSE, because SSLUG also uses qmail and ezmlm.
It is not a matter of whether it is difficult, it is a matter of "do we want and have the manpower to put in the effort to setup and maintain a news server when we have mailinglists already?" At the moment it is not a priority, but maybe things will change in the future, who knows. Regards, Mads Martin Jørgensen, ml-admin at lists.suse.com -- Mads Martin Joergensen, http://mmj.dk "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort." -- A. P. J.