Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 09:44:58 CDT From: ygoolama@austin.asc.slb.com To: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can mailing list archives be read by ftp ( via (ding) Gnus) Message-ID: <9508291444.AA03760@bartles>
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Greetings, There have been frequent questions as to 'Why mailing list and not newsgroups'. My personal preference is newsgroup since you can quickly graze through it instead of having your mailbox pounded. Some of you may have used (ding) Gnus which is the rewrite of the GNU newsreader in Emacs. I won't go into the features of ding, Suffice to say that it is radical !!. I see one feature of ding as very useful. Ding's mailing list (very high volume) is archived on a ftp site I believe in the form of MH messages. Ding allows one to read the mailing list as a newsgroup. You have to type two keystrokes inside ding to incorporate it as one. It supports NOV databases. My suggestion is that on an experimental basis, one or more of the freebsd mailing lists be archived in the same manner. One can request the author of ding to add some keystroke mappings to bring the archived mailing list as part of the list of subscribed groups. I understand that there are WAIS searchable archives, but with this interface I need to use only one tool. This will allow lurkers (like me) to keep up with the happenings and yet not get swamped by email. FreeBSD gets a much wider audience. A win-win situation. I do not have the technical expertise to set up the archive. I am sure somebody from the ding list can help. Should be a simple procmail recipe. Information about ding is available at http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/ding.html My apologies if this question is inappropiate for this list. I do not as yet subscribe to them. Cheers, Yusuf -- Yusuf Goolamabbas (O) 512-331-3439 Schlumberger Austin Systems Center yusufg@slb.com
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