Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 21:39:11 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: newsgroup <-> mailing list gateway info


As hinted at in the newsgroup proposal, the gateway between
comp.os.msdos.djgpp and djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu will work like
this:

* Any messages mailed to the mailing list will automatically be posted
  to comp.os.msdos.djgpp.  The gateway attempts to remove "subscribe"
  messages.

* At regular intervals, the news server is scanned for new articles,
  and any found are mailed to the mailing list.  This will probably
  happen hourly.

* Any messages that are gateway'd are tagged to avoid looping.

Thus, you should read either the mailing list OR the newsgroup, but
not both, since they will have the same articles in them.  My hope is
that many people will switch to the newsgroup to ease the load at
Clarkson, as they have been complaining about it.

The djgpp-announce mail also goes to the djgpp subscribers;
subscribers to djgpp-announce should remain subscribed to it, but the
postings will end up at the newsgroup eventually also.

I am also considering adding daily/weekly/monthly digestifiers to
provide an alternate scheme for people.  Opinions to dj AT delorie DOT com
ONLY, please.

Articles also show up in www.delorie.com's mail archives, and are
indexed for searches at regular intervals.

Most of these services will be provided by my machine (delorie.com)
(donations are welcome!) through my link and my provider's news feed.

DJ
dj AT delorie DOT com