Re: New newsgroup for Debian users

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 05:38:09 GMT

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 04:09:48 GMT, perl coder <perlcdr@mail.rumania> wrote:
>
>
> Madhusudan Singh said:
>> valid email address for users to even post their queries. Though these
>> lists have heavy traffic, a large number of Debian related posts end up on
>> the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy every day. These newsgroups (under comp) are
>
> I can't remember for sure, but don't the Debian mailing list bots kick
> you off if your email address bounces their outgoing deluge of daily
> mails? So even if you're allowed to post on their moderated newsgroup,
> you still have to accept all that mail... Man what a waste!
>
> Well in either case, I got tired of the lists real quick. And I
> remember when everything came to a grinding halt when their servers got
> hacked. They should've learned their lesson then and moved to Usenet,
> but they're too mule-headed. I'm sure it'll happen again. :-)
>
> Thanks for creating the group.
>

I've mailed Earthlink News twice now, requesting that they add the
alt.os.linux.debian group to their Active List, and received personal
replies as well as auto-responses, yet am still getting a "411: No Such
Newsgroup" error from their server farm.

The replies have been positive: "Just send in the request and we'll do it."

But it hasn't happened.

Anyone know if there anything else I can do?

I'll see if I can post to it here. In my experience, newsservers don't post
to groups they don't list, but it's worth a try.

AC

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