Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!nosc!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!mcb From: mcb@ncis.tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch) Newsgroups: gnu.config Subject: Re: Posting to GNU newsgroups is a no-no Summary: Unidirectional or bidirectional gateway? Message-ID: <638@ncis.tis.llnl.gov> Date: 1 Dec 89 18:24:36 GMT References: Organization: Postmodern Consulting, Pleasanton CA USA Lines: 18 In article (Skip Montanaro) writes: > I occasionally want to post to the gnu.* newsgroups but can never remember > the mailing lists to post to, or forget I'm supposed to mail, not post. (You > are supposed to send mail to a mailing list which is fed into the gnu.* > newsgroups.) Accordingly, my messages either disappear into thin air, they > don't reach everyone they should, or I get flamed for doing things wrong. Hmmm, I have posted (directly) to the gnu.* groups and gotten substantial response; I always assumed that they were bidirectionally gatewayed with the mailing lists. Is this not true? Is the gateway only unidirectional, from the mailing lists to the groups? Can someone from OSU or FSF clarify this? -- Michael C. Berch mcb@tis.llnl.gov / mcb@presto.ig.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com