Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!decwrl!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: a site to auto forward comp.binaries. shall we go for it Message-ID: <9007232053.AA11851@apple.com> Date: 23 Jul 90 20:13:58 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: School of Business - U. of Connecticut Lines: 37 On Mon, 23 Jul 90 09:58-0600 you said: >I checked with our sysadmin and it is possible to configure the news >software to automatically gateway netnews into a bitnet mailing address. >There are some people at psu who do this for a number of newsgroups. You >might want to send mail to: > postmaster@psuvax1.psu.edu >And see if they are willing to handle comp.binaries.apple2 for you. It >makes little sense for you to do it by hand when a program can do it for >you. NetNews can be made available in whole or in part on VM machines, although getting the feed over BITNET probably isn't practical and many Internet sites don't want to expend the bandwidth (psuvax1 happens to be a UUCP gateway, and a number of other places have UUCP hosts in close proximity to their Internet/BITNET hosts). In any case, simply getting USENET doesn't solve the problem. We CAN send from Brown TO comp.binaries.apple2 already via ucbvax. The problem is how to insure that what's sent TO comp.binaries.apple2 doesn't duplicate what's already there. Chris may be able to arrange to have comp.binaries.apple2 send directly to APPLE2-L and prevent looping by continuing to 'edit' the list. Since everyone should be able to address files TO APPLE2-L and many BITNET and Internet subscribers can't address files to comp.binaries.apple2 (or read what's posted there), the simplest solution would be to submit EVERYTHING to APPLE2-L and let APPLE2-L post to comp.binaries.apple2. I believe Chris already sends anything that doesn't arrive with the newsgroup header to comp.binaries.apple2. Hence the remaining problem is that files don't hang around comp.binaries.apple2 forever so there often are requests to repost popular files. On the other hand, as far as I know even UUCP sites can retrieve files from the APPLE2-L archive as long as they address their GET commands to LISTERV@BrownVM.Brown.Edu (the Internet address). /s Murph [Internet] or ...{psuvax1 or mcvax}!uconnvm.bitnet!sewall [UUCP] + Standard disclaimer applies ("The opinions expressed are my own" etc.)