[Coco] Test of news gateway

[Larry Osborne]

I know I've used www.mail2web.com when I've had mail problems and it is free
before my ISP added a webpage to do the same thing for its subscribers.  The
same site also has access to www.mail2web.com and it is also free.  I've
never really used this except once for newsgroups.  It didn't have the
newsgroup I wanted at the time but it did go out and get and load the
newsgroup so it is entirely possible that it could work with any newsgroup
out there..

Hope this helps.

Larry Osborne




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.net>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Test of news gateway


> Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> >
> > Here is my problem: I do not have access to a news server that is open.
The
> > service I use (onlynews.com) is username/password protected, and I've
yet
> > to figure out how to configure the pairList program to incorporate this
in
> > their news gateway.
> >
> > If you (or anyone on this new list) knows of a good free-access news
> > server, please let me know and I'll see if I can gate it that way.
>
> I can probably easily set up a one-way feed from the bit.listserv.coco
> to your list.
>
> I would have to see if I could remove the posts that were sent to both
> lists.  The existing news gateway strips a lot of the headers from the
> mailing list, and puts garbage in the posting I.P. address.
>
> The other problem is that some people post as two separate messages,
> with enough difference that the various duplicate post detectors do not
> work.
>
> Before I do that, I think that you would want to know the algorithm that
> the moderator bot uses to remove/hold/pass postings.
>
> It would take a bit longer to get postings to the bit.listserv.coco
> running.  The main issue is getting the posting thread context correct.
> A secondary issue is to detect when the person also posted a duplicate
> copy to the other feed.
>
>
> But I really think that the simplest solution is just to set up a
> newsgroup on gmain.org.
>
> I think that if Dennis sets up a new newsgroup, everyone else will also
> move, and all that is needed is to request that the last person leaving
> the old list/group to turn out the lights.
>
> A periodic posting could be done to the old mailing list / newsgroup to
> let newcomers know where to go.
>
>
> -John
> wb8tyw at qsl.net
>
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