From: zeta%tcscs@idss.nwa.com (Gregory Youngblood)
Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
Subject: Re: Transferring mails to a newsgroup
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 09:56:16 CST
Reply-To: srcsip!tcscs!zeta
Organization: TCS Consulting Services

spooge@sizone.UUCP (Cyberpolka On Da Jeep) writes:

> roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) writes:
> 
> > > > Posting to that group will work just fine.
> > > 
> > > Posting? Then how do the people who sub to that mailing list via MAIL
> > > get the post? By sending a newsgroup via mail? Kldugeorama!
> > 
> > Not exactly.  I set /mod=mail.list.address.  I thought it was kind of
> > natural.
> 
> It is, but thats MAILING to the newsgroup, not POSTING directly. You
> could setup a mailing list like that, to post directly, then feed the
> mailing list by "feeding news via mail" to all the subbers. Thats what I
> meant by KLUDGEORAMA.
> 
> As it is, posting by mail to a newsgroup (ie via /mod=&c) doesnt work -
> it wont let the local group have the article, but everyone remote gets
> it.

Here is how I have it working on my system, and it works quite well for every
list (about 8) that I'm doing this with.

In ALIASES:
           maillist              tcs#
           tcs#                  | post tcs.maillist
           # Done more so I can easily add addresses that get maillist
           # than for efficiency.  This is extremely wasteful, as only
           # maillist    | post tcs.maillist   is actually needed.
In USENET:
           tcs.maillist     /keep=## /dir="...." /mod="submit@mail.list.site"

When I subscribe, I send the message manually, and make the message from
maillist@my.site.   When I submit an article, from whatever account I decide
to use, it comes from that account, not from the address maillist.  I'm 
guessing this part, but it works, so something similar must be happening.
The message I post (i.e. mailed to the submit address for the mailling list),
is then sent back to the maillist, and thus posted on my system locally.

It works like  a champ, I see my posts, and I get everyone elses as well.

The only kludge is what I have in my ALIASES, which was originally done
so I could also have it email to me personally to see when an article
was received.  I've taken all the secondary addresses out, and just
never cleaned up that file.


> 
> > Don't think so.  I think this a genuine insect.
> > 
> > > Note that remote users have NO PROBLEMS with this, their mail gets gated
> > > out to all the other remote users, and I get a copy in the local.group.
> > 
> > That's just because the remote users are all using the built-in editor,
> > isn't it?  I'd be surprised if they could use an external editor without
> > the same problems as the console.
> 
> Oops. remote users. I meant REMOTE SUBSCRIBERS to the mailing list.
> Actually, remote users works too, since they do use the built in editor.

And on my system, I'm using the console editor (which I have defined as 
EDIT, though i'm probably going to start using TURBO again).


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