Path: utzoo!utgpu!NDSUVM1!NETNWS-L Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 15:07:25 EST Reply-To: NETNWS-L Netnews List Sender: NETNWS-L Netnews List From: Jim McIntosh Subject: Re: Listserv/Netnews gatewaying To: UofToronto LAN redistribution References: Message of Thu, 22 Feb 90 12:49:57 EST from Message-ID: <90Feb22.193426est.58745@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.netnws-l Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu On Thu, 22 Feb 90 12:49:57 EST Bill Gruber said: >Since a list owner can disallow automatic signup, (and thus choose not to >signup a NETNEWS machine if a request to do so is received), I wonder if >we should be assuming that it's OK to gateway these things without asking >permission first. But the fact the we were turned down twice leads me to >believe that perhaps we indeed should be asking permission. But I'm not >making any further judgements here - the question is perhaps a moot point. When the list header says "Subscription= Open" it implies, in my opinion, that the list welcomes all subscribers. When the list header says "Subscription= By_Owner" then the list owner must explicitly add any new subscribers. In the groups I recently added there were two that had "Subscription= By_Owner" set. In both cases I wrote to the list owner and explained what I wanted to do, what NETNEWS was, etc. In both cases NETNEWS was subscribed to the list by the owner. I think this process was fair. As I explained to the owners, if NETNEWS becomes troublesome, the list owner has the ability to remove its subscription if they need to. I would expect them to if NETNEWS users couldn't behave themselves. Jim McIntosh (JIM@AUVM) The American University Washington DC 20016 USA