[Freeciv] Re: NNTP server?

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> > Just noticed that about 30% of people want an NNTP server for a
> > gateway on the freeciv lists.
> 
> I wouldn't take this result too seriously.  Ask whether people want
> a www.freeciv.org with Shockwave animated Freeciv demos and you'd
> probably get a similar result.  It doesn't mean they're asking you
> to actually set it up.

Hehehe :-)

> > I can set one up if people want it but
> > I am curious to know why, and if they want it to become part of the
> > Usenet at large or just a private server.
> 
> Looks like a followup poll is in order ...

Well I can say, that if there is going to be any gateway to the
public usenet, people might as well expect spam on the order of 15
messages a day to get into the list, so I would suggest NOT making the
gateway in such a fashion.