>Can someone explain to an uninitiated list owner how the gateway to Usenet
>works? It sounds like there are some advantages; are there any disadvantages?
Yes there are pros AND cons. There's not much use in doing a global
Usenet (Netnews)/Listserv gateway if the list is not Public. Even
if the list is Public, if the focus of the list encourages thoughtful
comment, News is not the desired medium (IMHO).
Using News changes the dynamics of the distribution -- sometimes
readers will see a followup, before they've seen the initial post. The
initial gatewaying requires a discussion period.
Here is a list of subjects from the LSTOWN-L notebook archives where
the body contains /news gateway/ -- consider this the beginning of a
FAQ ;-)
> search news gateway in lstown-l since 91
--> Database LSTOWN-L, 54 hits.
> index date.8 sender.30 subject.40
DATE SENDER SUBJECT
---- ------ -------
91/02/28 [log in to unmask] ListServ <-> Usenet gateways
91/03/03 [log in to unmask] Re: removal of the PSUVAX <--> UUCP gate
91/03/07 [log in to unmask] [Jim Conklin <[log in to unmask]
91/03/09 [log in to unmask] BITNET<->UUCP Gateway Now Installed
91/03/26 [log in to unmask] Re: On starting a list: listserv, or e-m
91/04/29 [log in to unmask] Informix Mail List Info
91/04/29 [log in to unmask] RE: Informix Mailing List
91/04/30 [log in to unmask] Netnews feed to a ListServ list
91/04/30 [log in to unmask] Re: Netnews feed to a ListServ list
91/04/30 [log in to unmask] Re: Netnews feed to a ListServ list
91/05/15 [log in to unmask] Re: Info-nets?
91/10/10 [log in to unmask] Fwd: ListServ list headers
91/10/28 [log in to unmask] Listserv/Netnews gateways
91/11/07 [log in to unmask] Re: "correct" list usage
91/11/13 [log in to unmask] How do you have your list cut off all th
91/12/07 [log in to unmask] Re: Request for Subscribership Data on B
91/12/07 [log in to unmask] Re: Request for Subscribership Data on B
91/12/13 [log in to unmask] RE: questioning "unsubscribers"
92/01/24 [log in to unmask] Crazy mixed-up e-address
92/01/25 [log in to unmask] Re: listserv gatewaying to Usenet
92/01/25 [log in to unmask] Re: listserv gatewaying to Usenet
92/01/26 [log in to unmask] Re: listserv gatewaying to Usenet (long
92/01/26 [log in to unmask] Re: listserv gatewaying to Usenet
92/01/27 [log in to unmask] Re: listserv gatewaying to Usenet
92/01/27 [log in to unmask] Re: listserv gatewaying to Usenet
92/02/25 [log in to unmask] Info on other list keywords
92/02/27 [log in to unmask] Re: Little use of the keyword Renewal
92/02/29 [log in to unmask] Re: Little use of the keyword Renewal
92/03/12 [log in to unmask] Re: Internet addresses on Bitnet forums
92/03/30 [log in to unmask] Help understanding output from trial exp
92/04/08 [log in to unmask] re:EJOURNALS AVAILABLE VIA USENET
92/04/11 [log in to unmask] "MHS NonDelivery Report" errors from Spr
92/04/11 [log in to unmask] Re: "MHS NonDelivery Report" errors from
92/04/15 [log in to unmask] Re: The problem of Multiple postings
92/05/01 [log in to unmask] Re: ITESO posting -- is it looping?
92/05/11 [log in to unmask] Re: bounce mail problem
92/05/15 [log in to unmask] Re: Cross Posting on Internet
92/05/15 [log in to unmask] Re: Cross Posting on Internet
92/06/09 [log in to unmask] Ownerless list?
92/06/17 [log in to unmask] How Not to Run an Internet Mailing List
92/07/15 [log in to unmask] Re: Troublesome poster
92/07/25 [log in to unmask] New stuff in my list's posting headers
92/07/27 [log in to unmask] Re: New stuff in my list's posting heade
92/07/28 [log in to unmask] Re: New stuff in my list's posting heade
92/08/07 [log in to unmask] Re: FAQ
92/08/12 [log in to unmask] Re: "illegal host" -- CC.UVCC.EDU
92/09/14 [log in to unmask] Re: Phasing out BITNET in favour of Inte
92/09/14 [log in to unmask] Re: Phasing out BITNET in favour of Inte
92/09/14 [log in to unmask] Bitnet and Listserv in NREN time
92/09/20 [log in to unmask] Re: The original objective was to drain
92/09/21 [log in to unmask] Re: Phasing out BITNET in favour of Inte
92/09/26 [log in to unmask] Mastering Internet Tools
92/10/23 [log in to unmask] Re: list rules; linking to USENET
92/10/24 [log in to unmask] Re: list rules; linking to USENET
/Pete ([log in to unmask])
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Peter M. Weiss | not affiliated with psuvm.psu.edu|psuvm
31 Shields Bldg -- Penn State Univ.| "Connectivity is more than a Connection"
University Park, PA USA 16802-1202 | E. Michael Staman, _The Circuit_, Apr 92
