Why not a private news server?

[Squash]

The public newserver is a good idea.  There are some
very nice readers for NG's.  And archive/ftp/www could
be on the same server.  Hosting the server somewhere
is the problem.

What does the eec list use?

Squash

--- Eric Clark <eclark at hoser.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, David Cooley wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> A private news server is less likely to be used by
> spammers than either
> onelist or a public news server.  Except it will be
> Onelist that will be
> the ones spamming you.
> 
> As it is right now spammers would have no problem
> getting on the list, but
> we dont really have a problem with it, do we?
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 

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