In a message dated 11/30/2002 5:30:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 05:19:24PM -0500, Gaertk at aol.com > wrote: >> I'd like to point out that Usenet solved all these >> problems decades ago, as well as several issues that >> haven't been mentioned here (spoiler protection, quoting >> styles[1], REAL threading...). Speaking just for myself, >> I would be overjoyed if this discussion were moved to a >> newsgroup somewhere. > > The problem with that is simple: as a mailing list, this is > a push medium -- you always get the messages. This actually is one of the reasons I prefer Usenet. YMV. > Usenet is a pull medium, has propagation issues, That's one reason I specifically asked about non-propogating servers below. > is less widely available, If you have general internet access and something that works as a newreader (darn near every web browser has this), then you shouldn't have any trouble gettting into sff.net's server. Has anyone tried the link I gave yet? I know it works for me, but I'm already subscribed to that newsgroup. > and setting up multiple newsservers for multiple groups is > a nightmare. I found it fairly trivial to set up in Netscape, and I know tin can be set up for multiple servers (haven't used any other newsreaders). > I wouldn't mind someone putting together the proposal for a > *real* newsgroup, though -- say, > rec.arts.sf.written.steven-brust? That would be fine with me, but I believe there's a considerable amount of work neccessary to create such a group and get newsfeeds to carry it. A group on a non-propogating server would only need to have a way of telling people where to find it. >> Does anyone know what resources are neccessary for a >> non-propagating newsserver like sff.net has? Or better >> yet, what needs to be done to get Mr. Brust a newsgroup >> over there (like Patrick and Teresa have[2])? > > Yes -- all you need is a newsserver. news.sff.net is a publically accessable newsserver. Try it. --KG