Re: News server ?
"Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar" <uhlar@fantomas.sk> writes:
> -> > Is there any other way to get your mails? I have to fetch about a 20 mailis
> -> > per day, Is the debian-security on any news server? like
> -> > debian.security.annonce ?
> -> > thx pshemol
> ->
> -> i was informed last time that i asked that all debian lists should be in USENET
> -> under linux.debian.* and this particular list should be
> -> linux.debian.announce.security (although all servers i've checked don't have
> -> this group)
>
> well so,
>
> 1. I've heard some time ago the linux.* hierarchy is dead.
Yes, I don't think that ever really got off the ground.
> 2. debian is NOT a linux distribution - it's packaging system
It's both.
> so, if at all, comp.os.debian or comp.unix.debian would be much better.
Usenet is such a zoo nowadays that would be too painful to contemplate.
> I am planning to make gateway with debian mailing lists gatewayed for my
> personal tests, on my machine or our firm news server, but it will take some
> time. Then, probably...
I wonder if the maintainers of lists.debian.org would consider running
INND and converting the lists to newsgroups. There are tools to
translate newsgroups to/from mailing lists for those who want that,
and you can also access them directly with a newsreader if you wish.
It's not really common, but it's not unusual for sites that have a lot
of mailing lists to run a news server in this way, and I'm sure some
of the software for it is already part of Debian.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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