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Re: Mailing list gateways
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:17:45 GMT
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:30:38 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman)
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> blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
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> > > Are the issues purely technical, or partly socio-political as well? I'm
> > > sure that any technical hurdles are work-around-able with clever newsserver
> > > customizations.
> >
> > I don't think any of the issues are technical. Actually, I'd like to
> > see a lot of the traffic from L-CAD move to lugnet. But there's a lot
> > of other traffic that is more a private discussion among L-CAD'ers (like
> > hammering on whether to release a chrome or non-chromed antenna) that
> > doesn't really need to be on lugnet.
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> Help me out a bit on that -- When you say "doesn't really need to be," do
> you mean to suggest that those types of discussions are too esoteric for
> here?
I think it's more like "we don't want the threads exposed to the world".
Of course, the major players are all there already -- you, Larry and
Mike.
> Heh heh -- we've got a special newsgroup here now just for weekly
> announcements of LEGO Shop-At-Home Service phone specials, and there's soon
> going to be a newsgroup for Robot Arena and likely also one for Dave Baum's
> NQC language.
True. Is the Robot Arena going to be time-limited, or are they planning
a series of events?
> > This is a very timely topic, since we managed to choke the list last
> > night. Again.
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> Ahhhh, that explains the sudden silence there.
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> So the L-CAD listserv can't handle more than 50-100 messages per day?
No, it just has a volume governor. Unfortunately, instead of just
pausing the messages for a day (or something), it requires human
intervention to get going again.
Steve
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| (...) "exposed" meaning "poisoned" or "corrupted" or "affected" or "known" or "watched" or "commented on" or "muddied up"? :) If it means "known," what about lurking and/or participation from people inside TLG? (...) I think (not positive) it's an (...) (28 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I don't follow you here. In what sense am I a major player in the LCad arena (or in the robotics arena?) I stopped following robotics some time ago, no time, and I only make very rare (but hopefully useful) suggestions in LCad. I think the (...) (28 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Help me out a bit on that -- When you say "doesn't really need to be," do you mean to suggest that those types of discussions are too esoteric for here? Heh heh -- we've got a special newsgroup here now just for weekly announcements of LEGO (...) (28 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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