> From: desouza@garnet.berkeley.edu (Paulo de Souza)
>
> I would like to trow an idea to the whole list: To convert it into a
> Newsgroup.
If you desire the advantages of a newsgroup, why do you not just
have the British-cars sent to a different name/alias on your system
and redirect incoming single or digest format messages into a local
newsgroup. If you are trying to keep volume down, as I am, and
receive the mailing-list in the digest format, there is software
out there that will break the digest format back into individual
messages. In fact there is software that will read the digest and
allow you to directly send mail to the individual message authors.
Another alternative is to write the shell scripts yourself. It
isn't that difficult or complicated to do.
As per changing the mailing-list to a newsgroup, I disagree. I
like he current format, the limitations on access et cetera.
Anyone can get added to the mailing-list right now. There is also
the problem, that while people can get newsgroups without problem
and mail is a problem, the opposite also occurs. Mail is no
problem for me here, adding more newsgroups is.
Rgds,
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dixon kenner, dixon@fourfold.ocunix.on.ca
FourFold Symmetry, Nepean, Ontario, Canada
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