[leafnode-list] Re: The leafnode mailing list has moved!

Carlos E. R. robin.listas at telefonica.net
Sat Apr 10 19:26:09 CEST 2021


On 10/04/2021 18.15, Matthias Andree via leafnode-list wrote:
> Am 10.04.21 um 14:12 schrieb Chris Green via leafnode-list:
>>>> Well it's helped me.  I didn't realise the leafnode list was on
>>>> Usenet, and now I'm here! :-)
>>> AFAIK, Gmane is not Usenet.
>>>
>> Oh yes it is - to some extent anyway.  What gmane does is gateway
>> quite a lot of mailing lists to Usenet.  The leafnode list is one of
>> these.  I hadn't realised that it was gatewayed to Usenet until this
>> recent discussion, now I know and can use the rather better interface
>> that my newsreader provides (as opposed to reading the list as mail).
> 
> 
> I'd also say that GMANE is not Usenet. Just because you can access it by
> newsreader does not mean it's Usenet. It lacks the distributed nature
> and peering.

That's right. It is not on the Usenet network, it just uses nntp 
technology. A private news server, thus not Usenet.

-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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