On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 02:09:01PM +0100, Frank v Waveren wrote:
> > Anyone still think it was a good thing that linux.* was shut down?
>
> linux.* was shut down? I wish someone had told me, my isps newsserver is still
> getting a steady feed for those groups...
Weird claims are made all the time...
I don't know, how linux.* groups are working, and (more importantly)
is there a feed from linux-kernel (et.al.) LISTS to that/those
newsgroup(s).
Because BIDIRECTIONAL list/newsgroup interconnect is extremely difficult
to do (and keep working) so that there won't happen any sort of loops,
we are actively discouraging such things.
(Do it, blunder, and your feed is killed.)
For UNIDIRECTIONAL list->newsgroup feed we listkeepers won't care
(much), except perhaps dislike of address harvesters sending spams..
I don't now remember what was the motivation for forbidding UNIDIRECTIONAL
(local) newsfeed, unless it was to cut down the number of "That is nice
rule for average John Doe, but I am a Wizard at this.." blunderers..
(Which were abundant a year or two ago.)
> Frank v Waveren
> fvw@var.cx
/Matti Aarnio
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