Re: Mail reflector !!!

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:02:31 -0500 (EST)


On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:

> I thought the policy was "no mail->news gateways or news->mail
> gateways". Feeding email to local newsgroups is technically not
> allowed either because of the potential for mail loops, correct?

Feeding the lists to local (non-propogated) mail->news (one way) gateways
is ok. AFAIK, anything else is not. Too many people can't seem to grasp
the idea of loop detection/prevention when setting up their gateways.

> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu...or setup your very
> own mail<->news gatway and piss off the list owner.

:)

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