We'll have to put our heads together when it comes time to cobble up a preliminary
spec.
Regards,
Howie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [iMS] priority
> I'll be honest and say I don't know a lot about the NNTP protocol. I'm looking
> for some simple way to allow:
> 1. a template to be called when a request is made for the latest messages.
> 2. a scheduled task to be run to read the messages added to the group somewhere
> else so they can be added to the DB of messages stored on the iMS server.
>
> When someone posts to a news group, where does the message go? To the mail
> server thats hosting the group (mail.earthlink.net) or to the server which is
> originating the group (houseoffusion.com)? If the former, then there's a need to
> gather all those messages and integrate them into the central DB. If the latter,
> then there's just a need to accept those messages. I'm hoping for the latter as
> it'll allow for my anti-spam filters to keep the group clean.
> Know of a fast and good tutorial on NNTP? :)
>
> Lets say there's a group called alt.houseoffusion.cf-talk. When a call is made
> to that group to get the latest posts, the server maps that to a specific
> template. This template will take the requested group name and generate the
> latest messages for it. If a new message is posted to the group from out
>
>
> OK - well, I never really forgot about it and it's possible that we'd look at
> this for 2.6 or 3.0. Are you looking for read-only or would you want posting as
> well?
>
> Regards,
>
> Howie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 1:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [iMS] priority
>
>
> > I want to do both. RSS is nice for those who use it but there are a lot of
> > people, especially newbies who still use usenet and having the lists mirrored
> > there would be fantastic. I can even write all the processing needed to
> > co-ordinate messages between the sources. It's that to/from part that I don't
> > have.
> > I want CF-Talk and the other lists to be everywhere for everyone to see and
> use.
>
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