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1998.12.09 08:50 "Re: Future of the list", by Michel Plungjan
I am sorry, our proxy server does not allow access to <news://news.cerious.com/cerious.tifflist> Michel Phillip Crews wrote: > At 04:19 PM 12/4/98 +0100, Michel Plungjan wrote: > >Perhaps a dejanews community ? Any experience? > >http://www.dejanews.com/communities/ > > I've offered to host the list (conditionally, depending on some questions I > sent Sam). I can also create a newsgroup; but it would be hosted and served > on my server, rather than broadcast throughout Usenet. (That might be good > as it would reduce spam. But it would be bad for people whose short-sighted > employers restrict them to a single news server.) > > I haven't looked in detail at the dejanews communities; however, I really > don't like to access newsgroups through a web gateway. I prefer the leaner, > quicker access provided by a local news reader, and the convenience of a > local archive. > > If you'd like to test access to a local group here, I've set one up. In > some mail programs, you'll be able to simply link on the URL; in others, > you'll have to configure my server (news.cerious.com) and subscribe to the > specific group. > > <news://news.cerious.com/cerious.tifflist> > > Please post some messages to see if you like the idea. > > Kind regards, > Phillip > > ThumbsPlus - 1998 Shareware Industry Award Winner > for Best Graphic/Multimedia Program > -- > Here's tae us. Wha's like us? Damn few. And they're a' deid.