Re: Proposal: An alternative to mailing lists which isn't a forum
Jerry Stuckle writes:
> But if you set up your own usenet server, you won't have access to any
> of the newsgroups on usenet.
Unless you arrange one or more feeds. That's how it works. It's a peer
to peer system. I run my own Leafnode server for my wife and I. I
currently purchase a feed from Newsguy. I've been doing this for
decades. I used to be ihnp4!stolaf!bungia!foundln. If I had a static
IP and lots of bandwidth I could set up a public server.
That's irrelevant to the original posting, though. It's quite feasible
to set up an island server with one or a few special-purpose
newsgroups. It will do everything a Web forum does but better.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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