[oclug] Newsgroup revisited (was reply-to)

[Raymond Wood]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:23:43AM -0500, Bart Trojanowski imagined:
> * Milan Budimirovic [040323 20:15]:
> > I am thinking that perhaps everyone is missing the point in this
> > latest flamewar.
> > 
> > Perhaps we should start thinking in terms of resurrecting the idea
> > that we mirror the mailing list in a private newsgroup, something
> > that Russell suggested about five years ago?
> 
> Looks like it's already there...
> 
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.ottawa.general
> 
> ... but for some reason very sparely populated.  Does anyone know who
> subscribed us to gmane syndication, and more importantly why it's not
> being done anymore?
> 
> B.

Sorry for the delayed response, I just 'discovered' this thread in my
mailbox.

I recall getting notices on Tux about this Gmane thing.  It was a
'negative opt-out' type of deal i.e. "we're going ahead and archiving
your stuff to a newsgroup without asking your permission; if you want
out of this arrangement then let us know".

I recall being rather incensed at the time that anyone would take such
action without asking first, and thus by-passing appropriate discussions
(such as this thread, for instance, or Board discussions of potential
user impact, etc.).

In any case, I recall taking some kind of action to block Gmane as best
I could, so that may account for the 'arrested' population you mention
above.

My apologies if this creates yet another tempest in a teapot, but I'm
personally rather uncomfortable with the idea of 3rd parties harvesting
our mailing list without OCLUG's permission, and an opportunity to
discuss it first.

Oh, and I have no idea who's idea it was to subscribe us to Gmane
without asking -- I wonder if they have the guts to fess up?  :-)

Have Fun with GNU/Linux,
Raymond
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