Re: Very Important Warning [end of that topic]

That NNTP interface is really cool to know about.  This info should be added to
the mailing lists page, even if we do end up with a web archive at some point.

                                                                    Mike

On  0, Mohamed Eldesoky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just a small comment.
> The NNTP server is one way, it means you will be able to read only, but not to 
> post.
> Second, the NNTP obfuscates the email addresses, so you won't get something 
> useful if you want to get some contacts.
> 
> Last, the NNTP is not so reliable, I discovered that not everything get 
> through.
> 
> However, we might get our web based archive soon, I wish.
> 
> Regards
> 
> On Monday 01 September 2003 3:25 pm, Mohamed Salem wrote:
> > Dear Ahmed,
> > First, Welcome to the project list..
> > Second , below you will find the guide-lines to view any mailing-lists
> > archive under Handasa Arabia.
> > ==================================
> > Currently you can ask the mailing list engine to send you the old
> > messages.
> > You can do so by sending an email to the following address.
> >
> >
> > listname-get.N1_N2-bZJqt4gKw0dwc45b+y0WwMLKnirKmNT7@public.gmane.org
> >
> > Where listname is substituted by the name of the list(for example: ofoq)
> > you want to get its
> > archive, N1 is the number of the first message you want to get, N2 is
> > the
> > number of the last message you want to get.
> > You can set N1 to 1 and N2 to any number !!, may be 60 will do.
> >
> > Also there are NNTP read only access to the archives.
> >
> > nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.handasarabia.general
> > nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.handasarabia.ofoq
> > nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.handasarabia.nour
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Mohamed A.Salem
> > Handasa Arabia Organization
> > www.handasarabia.org
> >

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