Re: [seul-edu] Newsgroups? Do we have a newsgroup server?

[Alan Chen <alan@digikata.com>]

On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 01:03:51AM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:47:37PM -0500, Doug Loss wrote:
> > Again, if we made our mailing list archives searchable wouldn't that
> > give us the same effect?
> 
> Actually, they're searchable right now.
> 
> Go to http://www.seul.org/search/ and type in "seul-edu" as part of
> your query.
> 
> This probably isn't quite as user-friendly as it should be. If anybody
> thinks this is a worthwhile feature, drop me a mail and I'll set you up
> so you can fix it up.
> 
> As for an nntp server, my impression is that it's too out of date for
> it to gain critical mass of people. A mailing list is sort of on the
> edge of the technology spectrum these days, as it is. :) But you're
> free to set one up (if you can convince Doug) --- I'll point the name
> news.seul.org wherever you want.

Many of the mailing lists that I'm on run a list <-> news gateway.  This
lets sites such as google index the discussions and people can choose
wether to view the list via their MUA or a news interface.

-- alan