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Joe Delahaye
Feb 1, 2016, 9:55:29 PM2/1/16
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Why are we suddenly being flooded with Newsgroup postings? Personally I am not
a fan of that. A seperate echo for that sort of stuff might be better served
I think. Any thoughts?
a fan of that. A seperate echo for that sort of stuff might be better served
I think. Any thoughts?
Wilfred van Velzen
Feb 2, 2016, 3:07:35 AM2/2/16
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Hi Joe,
On 2016-02-01 21:54:24, you wrote to All:
JD> Why are we suddenly being flooded with Newsgroup postings? Personally
JD> I am not a fan of that. A seperate echo for that sort of stuff might
JD> be better served I think. Any thoughts?
I fully agree with that!
Bye, Wilfred.
On 2016-02-01 21:54:24, you wrote to All:
JD> Why are we suddenly being flooded with Newsgroup postings? Personally
JD> I am not a fan of that. A seperate echo for that sort of stuff might
JD> be better served I think. Any thoughts?
I fully agree with that!
Bye, Wilfred.
Paul Hayton
Feb 2, 2016, 3:44:38 AM2/2/16
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Wv> JD> Why are we suddenly being flooded with Newsgroup postings? Personall
Wv> JD> I am not a fan of that. A seperate echo for that sort of stuff might
Wv> JD> be better served I think. Any thoughts?
Hi Joe.
The recently resurrected Fidonet echoarea X-FILES (dormant since 2006) is
linked to alt.tv.x-files so as to connect the few people in Fidonet interested
in the TV show with a corrosponding few people in the Usenet newsgroup. It
allows everyone to discuss their common topic of interest.
The 'flood' as you put it was approximately 40 messages dating back to November
2015. That's not really a big number for three months worth of postings. And
compare that to the 18 messages generated in Fidonet for period since the
echoarea was restarted over the same time period. These are hardly big
numbers IMHO.
I imagine there will be burts of activity as folks post about the next several
episodes as they air - all good on-topic stuff. Feel free to join in the
conversation about X-Files if you would like to do so. If you don't want to,
that's your choice also.
Best, Paul
Wv> JD> I am not a fan of that. A seperate echo for that sort of stuff might
Wv> JD> be better served I think. Any thoughts?
Hi Joe.
The recently resurrected Fidonet echoarea X-FILES (dormant since 2006) is
linked to alt.tv.x-files so as to connect the few people in Fidonet interested
in the TV show with a corrosponding few people in the Usenet newsgroup. It
allows everyone to discuss their common topic of interest.
The 'flood' as you put it was approximately 40 messages dating back to November
2015. That's not really a big number for three months worth of postings. And
compare that to the 18 messages generated in Fidonet for period since the
echoarea was restarted over the same time period. These are hardly big
numbers IMHO.
I imagine there will be burts of activity as folks post about the next several
episodes as they air - all good on-topic stuff. Feel free to join in the
conversation about X-Files if you would like to do so. If you don't want to,
that's your choice also.
Best, Paul
dmunz
Feb 2, 2016, 9:45:24 AM2/2/16
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FWIW
DLM
<STILL looking for a good OSX News Reader...>
Joe Delahaye
Feb 2, 2016, 10:41:27 AM2/2/16
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Re: Re: Newsgroup gating.
By: Paul Hayton to All on Tue Feb 02 2016 21:43:24
PH> The recently resurrected Fidonet echoarea X-FILES (dormant since 2006) is
PH> linked to alt.tv.x-files so as to connect the few people in Fidonet
PH> interested in the TV show with a corrosponding few people in the Usenet
PH> newsgroup. It allows everyone to discuss their common topic of interest.
Yes, but everytime someone has attempted to do such, it has met with a certain
opposition. You get complaints form the Usenet people about how the fidonet
people do not know the proper protocol to post in usenet, ect. and of course
the other way around. It would be best if you gate, to have a dedicated echo
for that in my opinion at least. I've seen some heavy arguments over the
years.
By: Paul Hayton to All on Tue Feb 02 2016 21:43:24
PH> The recently resurrected Fidonet echoarea X-FILES (dormant since 2006) is
PH> linked to alt.tv.x-files so as to connect the few people in Fidonet
PH> interested in the TV show with a corrosponding few people in the Usenet
PH> newsgroup. It allows everyone to discuss their common topic of interest.
Yes, but everytime someone has attempted to do such, it has met with a certain
opposition. You get complaints form the Usenet people about how the fidonet
people do not know the proper protocol to post in usenet, ect. and of course
the other way around. It would be best if you gate, to have a dedicated echo
for that in my opinion at least. I've seen some heavy arguments over the
years.
Joe Delahaye
Feb 2, 2016, 10:43:25 AM2/2/16
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Re: Re: Newsgroup gating.
By: dmunz to Joe Delahaye on Tue Feb 02 2016 06:45:23
dm> So is this stuff all filtered out of Google Groups? I'm stuck with GG for
dm> the moment and don't see any of it.
I don't know. I do not use Google Groups, nor Usenet.
By: dmunz to Joe Delahaye on Tue Feb 02 2016 06:45:23
dm> So is this stuff all filtered out of Google Groups? I'm stuck with GG for
dm> the moment and don't see any of it.
I don't know. I do not use Google Groups, nor Usenet.
Paul Hayton
Feb 2, 2016, 6:03:53 PM2/2/16
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On 02/02/16, Joe Delahaye pondered and said...
JD> Yes, but everytime someone has attempted to do such, it has met with a
JD> certain opposition. You get complaints form the Usenet people about how
JD> the fidonet people do not know the proper protocol to post in usenet,
JD> ect. and of course the other way around. It would be best if you gate,
JD> to have a dedicated echo for that in my opinion at least. I've seen
JD> some heavy arguments over the years.
Fair comment and taken on board. I will disconnect the gateway tonight when I
get home. Apologise to folks on both sides if my actions (all be it well
intended) upset some.
Best, Paul
JD> Yes, but everytime someone has attempted to do such, it has met with a
JD> certain opposition. You get complaints form the Usenet people about how
JD> the fidonet people do not know the proper protocol to post in usenet,
JD> ect. and of course the other way around. It would be best if you gate,
JD> to have a dedicated echo for that in my opinion at least. I've seen
JD> some heavy arguments over the years.
Fair comment and taken on board. I will disconnect the gateway tonight when I
get home. Apologise to folks on both sides if my actions (all be it well
intended) upset some.
Best, Paul
dmunz
Feb 2, 2016, 8:49:19 PM2/2/16
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into my ES account. Much better than Google Groups. Well, probably
noy but it sure feels better.
--
FWIW
DLM
"Hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway..."
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