Subject: Re: Duplex Gateway of Mailing Lists
To: None <webmaster@bsdsearch.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 09/01/2000 22:53:49
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Garry Dolley wrote:
> Alternatively, it would be great for people who are "on the road" a lot,
> like me. Time and time again, I am somewhere where I can only access a
> dumbass windows machine and I want to post something into a list. When
> I try to mail "netbsd-help@netbsd.org," Windows gives me the stupid
> error that says I don't have Email configured for use and asks me to set
> it up then and there. That's where BSDSearch's message forum/mailing
> list gateway would come in handy. I can just go into the site and post
> my question. Ultimately, this feature would be nice for newbies and
> experienced users alike.
>
> Let me know what you guys think; I would really like to get approval on
> this so I can put such a useful feature on my site! Thanks!! :)
I think this sounds like a good idea - providing if the signal
to noise ratio proves to be a problem it can be switched to
moderated, or disabled.
David/absolute
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