From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: newsgroup of all mailing lists ?
Date: 26 Sep 2001 17:10:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9otqpt$6q7$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B7D7DFB1.8013%little.jones.family@ntlworld.com> <20010927013522.I11046@mea-ext.zmailer.org>
Followup to: <20010927013522.I11046@mea-ext.zmailer.org>
By author: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> It is not trivial.
>
> We ( postmaster@vger.kernel.org ) don't recommend making bidirectional
> gateways -- one mistake there, and the system causes duplication of
> messages at the list it is linked with. When we detect that mistake,
> the usual court-martial is swift, and feed from VGER to the GW is
> removed instantly.
>
> I think these loop problems were one of the reasons why one of us
> (DaveM) strongly opposes list<->news gateways. I am somewhat less
> in opposition, and my thinking is that the only way we can have
> reliable (hah!) list<->news gw is by running it centralized at VGER.
> Modern VGER has muscle for it, but don't expect it to happen any
> time soon.
>
I actually had such a centralized gateway ran at one time. It's still
running locally at Transmeta.
The only sane way to do this is in a centralized fashion, distributed
outbound via the standard news mechanisms.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-27 0:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-26 18:40 newsgroup of all mailing lists ? jones
2001-09-26 18:54 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-09-26 19:33 ` jones
2001-09-26 19:35 ` Wayne Whitney
2001-09-26 19:55 ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2001-09-28 0:14 ` Marco d'Itri
2001-09-26 22:35 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-09-26 22:58 ` jones
2001-09-27 0:10 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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2001-09-26 19:29 ` jones
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