Re: [computer-go] Asian software

[Peter Seibel <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Mark Boon" <tesuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:computer-go-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Nobuhiro Yoshimura
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:23
> To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [computer-go] Asian software
>
>
>   Indeed, we, Japanese subscribers are having problems sending mails
>   to this list from Japanese domain. The reason is discribed as
>   above. I am sending this mail from a temp mail account.
>
> That's very unfortunate, and not very appropriate for a discussion
> platform like this. Maybe it's time to upgrade it to more up-to-date
> technology, and replace it by some weblog, or web-forum? Then people
> can choose which topics they'd like to keep track of and filter out
> the brawls like we just had if it doesn't interest them.
>
> If nobody does it, I may have a look at setting up something when
> I'm back in Holland in January.

A perhaps simpler solution is to use Gmane (<http://www.gmane.org/)
It's a bidirectional mailing-list to news gateway that works quite
well. To get the list hosted on Gmane all somebody needs to do is fill
out their subscription form at <http://gmane.org/subscribe.php>. Gmane
has various anti-spam features that seem to work--I never see spam on
the other lists I read via Gmane. It also has the nice feature of
keeping an archive so when new readers come to the list via Gmane they
can catch up with as much of the history as they care to. There are
two ways to access Gmane hosted groups--through their news (NNTP)
server and via the web. I imagine both would work for folks anywhere
on the planet as Gmane's anti-spam foo seems to be mostly based on
sending you an email to confirm you're actually a person the first
time you post to a particular group. Finally, they support an optional
feature of "address encryption" so participant's email addresses
aren't exposed to the world via the web archive.

I'd be happy to fill out the form unless someone has some strong
objection.

-Peter

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Peter Seibel                                      peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

         Lisp is the red pill. -- John Fraser, comp.lang.lisp
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