Why not a private news server?

[gabe]

No, they don't.

A private news server (remember I said server not usenet group) would be setup with

a username and password so only those authorized can post and view messages.  It's
the same as how public usenet servers are setup, except the messages would not be
exchanged with other servers as they are in usenet, eliminating the troubles that
come with usenet.  The group would exist as it currently does, except the bandwidth

utilization would be drastically reduced.  Also the messages would not be indexed
by Deja news or anyone else.

Even the free NNTP server that comes with the NT option pack allows for a local,
private group that is not pulled by other servers and can only be viewed and posted
to by
participants.  Admin's would have full control.

Heck, I could set this up right now for demonstration purposes except I am behind a

firewall.

Gabe

David Cooley wrote:

> At 12:59 AM 11/29/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >I haven't heard why a private news server (not a public usenet group) wouldn't
> >solve all issues (and add some conveniences) in a very quick and efficient
> >manner.
> >
> >Sure seems a lot nicer a setup than messing with a public list service and
> >then
> >switching again to something else later (and the consequent hosing up of the
> >archives in-between all the changes).
>
> Because everyone, including spammers has access to public *AND* private
> news servers.
> With a mail list, the function of verifying a user before they can post to
> the list is available.  Keeps spam off the list.
>
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