Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-04-02 Thread ray
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 08:29, willie fleming wrote: > BTW I feel that the http://www.scotlug.org.uk/ forum is an extremely > under-utilised resource. I sort of agree, but To me a mailing list immediately makes you feel a part of a community. And you don't have to do anything special to keep

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-04-01 Thread willie fleming
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 23:25, ray wrote:- > > Expect the gmane facility to be up in the next couple of days. > > If you are going to add this list wholesale without requiring everyone to > rejoin after being told that their addresses will be going into a > newsgroup; then could you at least 'reque

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-04-01 Thread ray
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 18:55, willie fleming wrote: > I proppose a months trial of the gmane facility and if we have any problems > during that time, we can easily back out. ... > Expect the gmane facility to be up in the next couple of days. If you are going to add this list wholesale without r

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-04-01 Thread willie fleming
Ive been meaning to get off the fence on this for some time. Ive had a good look at the gmane site and cannot find any reason not to give this a try. I proppose a months trial of the gmane facility and if we have any problems during that time, we can easily back out. Expect the gmane facility t

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-04-01 Thread tony
Let's do it and could someone supply us with a link/info resource to learn more about how to use gmane effectively. thanks in advance. Tony Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sorry for the unconventional quoting, but, basically: > > 'What the man says' :-) > > gmane really is the ideal way to

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-04-01 Thread tony
Should we arrange with the list manager (Willie Fleming) to stop our archival posts? I can't remember the site name but we have been archiving for the last couple of years or so. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tony Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What's the benefit to ME again? > > You, or

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-03-30 Thread Will Partain
Tony Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What's the benefit to ME again? You, or anyone who reads the list via e-mail, will notice *no change whatsoever*. Those of us who like, nay adore, gmane will read the list that way. (What do I like? -- I have been able to ditch almost all of my personal m

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-03-29 Thread Tony Dyer
I thought that more was less and less was more. What's the benefit to ME again? I have one way that works why do I need another? In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Graeme Mathieson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes "Tony" == Tony Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [ Using gmane ] Tony> Why are we wan

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-03-29 Thread Tony Dyer
Why are we wanting to change for change sake. The mailing list has served us well for four years. I vote for the status quo. If it's not broken don't fix it. Tony Dyer In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Marsh's list-reading hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Just wondering if a consensus had b

RE: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-03-05 Thread Colin . Speirs
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Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-03-05 Thread Ben Thorp
>Well, what do you all think, then?. > Personally I dont have a problem with this, but I havent looked at it in >depth yet. I dont use a news-reader, mostly cos I could never keep up with >the bandwidth of stuff I was interested in, rather than for any technical >reason but those of you who do may

Re: [Scottish] Making scotlug mailing list available via gmane news gateway?

2003-03-05 Thread willie fleming
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 12:32, David Marsh's list-reading hat wrote:- > I don't know if other people on the list are aware of the extremely > useful gmane news<->list gateway? > ><> > Any thoughts? > > > David. Well, what do you all think, then?. Personally I dont have a p