[NTLUG:Discuss] NNTP/New access

[Chris Cox]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 15:17, Mark Bickel wrote:
> 
>>Why the multi-part HTML-encoded post?
>>To a list of this type particularly?
>>I know opinions vary on this, but IMO there is no reason for HTML
>>given the type of content (discussion, which needs no more than plain text).
>>
>>Given that currently NTLUG's is now looking for a new ISP, and that we are
>>non-profit, and really want to avoid paying for bandwidth/storage, I think
>>it is appropriate for mail-list posters to use plain-text, and trim
>>appropriately when quoting in replies to threads.
>>
> 
> 
> I know that there used to be a NNTP server for the NTLUG stuff but 
> it wasn't used much. 
> 
> How come we don't use a NNTP list for this list instead of a 
> mailing list. If you want to cut down on bandwidth, I think that a 
> News Server would cut down on the bandwidth. You can just grab
> the headers of messages and pull the bodies that you want to pull. 

I agree wholeheartedly.

> 
> 
> I haven't seen any thing that puts HTML into a news post so the 
> whiners that keep complaining about HTML won't have anything to 
> whine about. 

Never say never... well you didn't use the word never... but you
could have used it.  Some newsreaders, including Mozilla, allow
HTML and even (gulp) javascript in mail and news supposedly.

> 
> Also...  with a News server / News Reader, all of the people on 
> 2400 baud modems that can't handle HTML can ignore the 20+ at&t cable
> modem posts that were made today since they don't need to know anything
> about high speed internet. 

:-)
(thanks I needed that...)

> 
> Just my opinion. 

It's a reasonable opinion and one I share.  I looked at the
ntlug.org newsgroups the other day and lo and behold, someone
had posted to it.  I had to blow the dust and cobwebs off
of my newsgroup config just reply back.

When we tried the newsgroups out way back when... I was hoping
that it would take off... it didn't and the maillist lives on.
To me... I didn't care... just as long as people find a medium
they can live with... for us... it seems to be a maillist... but
times perhaps have changed.  Maybe it's time to make a post
the ntlug.org newsgroups (attach to ntlug.org to subscribe)....
hmmm.. it doesn't seem to be working for me with Mozilla right now...
the inn server is up... seems to be responding to requests...
and though the article database looks ok... when queried, there's
nothing there... something is hosed.