Re: Gmane

Hi!

Philippe Debar writes:
> I don't see any real opposition to my Gmane idea. I propose to subscribe the
> list to the Gmane gateway sometimes next week, with the  following options :
>...
After reading the relevant discussion that was on this list a few
years ago and the posts that were made on the list now, and after
throughly considering the advantages and disadvantages, I came to the
conclusion that we do _not_ need a Gmane gateway.

First of all, I will not allow posting to this list without
subscribing to the Brown list.  This is the main list, and I am not
willing to admin problems created by an open gateway.

Secondly, due to the one-way posting, discussions on this list will
only see half the thread that is visible in the open newsgroup when
posts arrive to the news group but not to the list, leading to
scattered threads and eventually to a scattered list.  This is bad,
since this is Conlang-L the one-and-only.

We've lived with this list all the time when news existed and
eventually declined in usage again.  Honestly, I don't see any good
reason for installing a news gateway now.

**Henrik (List Admin)

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