[NTLUG:Discuss] why does the mail server stop working overandover

[MadHat]

On May 4, 2005, at 9:21 PM, Rick Cook wrote:
> We eventually added a web-forum based discussion board that eventually 
> was
> turned into the equivalent of an open smtp relay by some spambot. After
> we shut that down, I added some nntp newsgroups to service the "pull"
> type preferences. Some time after that, we linked the two by enabling 
> the
> email list to newserver gateway function of mailman. For a short while 
> we
> had "all of the above". Unfortunately, my attempts to layer some newer
> mailman and innd versions on top of our Debian woody installation
> eventual broke both the nntp server and the mail-news gateway.

So this should be working again.  Really.  I know I have already said 
this, but I am not sure if anyone has tried it or not.  If you do, let 
me know (off list is fine).  If you see issues with it, again please 
let me know (once again, off list is fine).

Thanks