8 Mar
2005
8 Mar
'05
9:59 a.m.
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On 8 Mar 2005, at 17:42, Jules Richardson wrote:
Interesting question though - I can't really think
of any downsides
other than:
1) Multiple server issues mentioned above
All the email/news clients I have used support it, these include
1) Microsoft Lookout (express)
2) Mozilla Mail
3) Mozilla Thunderbird
2) The mailing list works. If it ain't broke, don't fix it etc. - given
the amount of time / money / resources that Jay's put into the list, I
expect there'd have to be a big incentive to change. I'm not sure what
NNTP would give you over and above what the mailing list already does?
I sort of see your point here, but I would be willing to put some
effort in if it helps. One of the main advantages I can think of is
that we can build some redundancy into the system. We could use Usenet
style peering so that there could be multiple servers online and if one
has to go down for maintenance then the others would still be available
3) Some people don't have NNTP access. Seriously.
I've seen braindead
companies who don't consider usenet to be a good resource and block the
port at the firewall (despite usenet being IME a quicker way of getting
a resolution to a specific problem than the web)
I truly hadn't thought of this one. If it is a problem then we can tell
INN to run on a nonstandard (and usually available) port and tell
people to set up their news clients appropriately.
Regards
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Chris Blackburn
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