Hi!
J. David Bryan wrote:
I *think* I followed that! :-) It addresses my concerns but risks fragmenting the list. For example, if someone posted a message from Usenet, it would show up on gpc@gnu.de. If I then replied to that question using that list, I would not know that the poster would never see my message (because he posted from Usenet), unless there was some way of tagging his original message as coming from the Usenet gateway.
Then this tagging should be done.
Hmmm...is there any way to gateway to Usenet in such a way that the "From" e-mail addresses are removed (i.e., trim "From: Dave dbryan@bcpl.net" to just "From: Dave")? Alternately, may I post to this list with an invalid address? Either would remove my main objection.
Doing so is opening a big can of worms. There are well-known admins in Germany who look upon people using an invalid email address for Usenet postings as one apart with the spammers - for good reasons (IMHO) or not (IOHOs), it does not matter.
I still think that three lists as suggested in my last email with usenet articles being tagged in the body of the message is the best way to go.
Of course, do read my suggestions with the understanding that I've only been a list member for a week. I have no idea of how dynamic this list is (if this past week has been any indication, about 50% of the message traffic is spam! :-) :-).
That's a pity because then we are in a bad position for telling that we "need" a Usenet newsgroup devoted to GPC due to the huge traffic in the GPC mailing list ... ;-)-:
Peter