[Coco] Test of news gateway

[Larry Osborne]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Osborne" <larrybo at idirect.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Test of news gateway


> 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

Sorry that should be www.news2web.com  :-((

Larry Osborne


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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