From bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu Tue Aug 2 09:17:31 1994 Received: from geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA08224 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Tue, 2 Aug 1994 09:17:27 -0400 Received: by geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (5.65/4.0) id ; Tue, 2 Aug 94 09:17:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 94 09:17:25 -0400 From: bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Robert J. Chassell) Message-Id: <9408021317.AA29941@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: lojbab@access.digex.net Subject: Re: newsgroup <==> mailing list Reply-To: bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu Status: RO The most likely solution will be to set up a newsgroup, .... We would keep the list for those without access to those hierarchies. Yes, keeping the mailing list is vital. The main problem is that it is difficult to automatically route traffic both ways. You can automatically put newsgroup traffic into the list, or maybe vice versa, by an automatic process, but if you both, you get a feedback loop. There are techical, automatic solutions to this problem. The FSF maintains more than 25 newsgroup/mailing list gateways. These come out of Ohio State. I don't know anything about how this is done, except that, like any news/mailing list operation, it needs a reliable administrator. If a site and patron were found, I could ask the FSF volunteer to pass on scripts or tips. (No point in asking for a site or other help, since the people I know are already overloaded.) An advantage (also a disadvantage) of a news group, especially an alt.lojban, is that it is more visible than a private list. I think a Lojban news group is a good idea, but there is no need to extablish one right away. Meanwhile, I am out in Kansas visiting my sister, using a portable Unix box that I borrowed. Communications are a bit klunky, but not too bad. Robert J. Chassell bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu 25 Rattlesnake Mountain Road bob@grackle.stockbridge.ma.us Stockbridge, MA 01262-0693 USA (413) 298-4725