>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]) -- 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