Private News Server NOT:rec.efi.diy

[Mark Wilcutts]

I mis-titled my last post.  I was trying to suggest that if we set up a
news server on a private machine, not connected to Usenet, we will avoid
all of the problems of Usenet (speed, reliability, accessibility to
spammers), while getting the usability, ease of administration, and low
I/O requirements of news. By all means let's keep our list off of
Usenet...

-- 
Mark Wilcutts

> > No problem with software, but news is FAR less reliable...as in, our 100%
> > unfiltered usenet news feed is missing at least half the posts. It's also
> > very common to get replies before you get the original message (due to
> > the distribution method).
> 
> The lists will live, newsgroup or none.  Newsgroups are just too
> slow and unreliable.  However, it might be good to gateway
> the list to a newsgroup as is done with the telecom digest
> which also appears on comp.dcom.telecom.