RE: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-06-06 Thread Brad Johnson
On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 08:36:43AM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote: I agree with you in general, Russ. The only benefit I can see to comp.mail.qmail is that there is also a comp.mail.sendmail. The impression I gain is that reception amidst vocal qmail advocates is at best lukewarm. How

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Magnus Bodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Isn't the general shift nowadays (since 1994 and forward) from news to mailinglists just because of the big problem with spam-address-collectors on usenet? If that's the case, you're all already doomed; this mailing list has been gated to two or three

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-31 Thread Russell Nelson
Russ Allbery writes: Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Below, I've quoted a DRAFT RFD proposal for comp.mail.qmail. I'm not sure this is a good idea, mostly because I don't see the distinction between the newsgroup and this mailing list and I also don't expect the people

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-31 Thread Timothy L. Mayo
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Russell Nelson wrote: Russ Allbery writes: Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Below, I've quoted a DRAFT RFD proposal for comp.mail.qmail. I'm not sure this is a good idea, mostly because I don't see the distinction between the newsgroup and this

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought

2000-05-31 Thread John R. Levine
I agree with you in general, Russ. The only benefit I can see to comp.mail.qmail is that there is also a comp.mail.sendmail. I suppose it might work with a two-way gateway between the newsgroup and this list, and registration to post as it is now. I've been doing that for [EMAIL PROTECTED] for

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought

2000-05-31 Thread Guillermo Villasana Cardoza
I know this is not a qmail question... but I've been trying to get my hands on an news server address as I have none from where to see any newsgroups. Would someone please ... give me one :) if it is not much trouble Thanks a lot Guillermo "John R. Levine" wrote: I agree with you in

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought

2000-05-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Guillermo Villasana Cardoza [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know this is not a qmail question... but I've been trying to get my hands on an news server address as I have none from where to see any newsgroups. Would someone please ... give me one :) if it is not much trouble

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-31 Thread Russ Allbery
Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 10:18:39PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: I'm not sure this is a good idea, mostly because I don't see the distinction between the newsgroup and this mailing list ^^^ Funnily enough, I don't see much of a distinction

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-30 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 10:55:28PM +, Darren Wyn Rees wrote: [snip] -=-=-=-=-=-= THIS IS A DRAFT -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NOTES : I prefer using lowercase 'q' in qmail. But for the sake of grammatical correctness, in the RFD I've used 'Q'. Even grammatical correctness would dictate a lowercase

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Below, I've quoted a DRAFT RFD proposal for comp.mail.qmail. I'm not sure this is a good idea, mostly because I don't see the distinction between the newsgroup and this mailing list and I also don't expect the people using the mailing list to really

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-30 Thread Peter van Dijk
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 10:18:39PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Darren Wyn Rees [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Below, I've quoted a DRAFT RFD proposal for comp.mail.qmail. I'm not sure this is a good idea, mostly because I don't see the distinction between the newsgroup and this mailing list

Re: DRAFT RFD - comp.mail.qmail - Comments Sought (Was: qmail advocacy questions)

2000-05-30 Thread Magnus Bodin
On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 07:33:32AM +0200, Peter van Dijk wrote: That is true. I currently do not read news, and also do not know when I will be reading news again. What value will it add besides the mailinglist? You can get a lot of nice mail from people selling things to you ;-) I