[news.software.b] Piping a Mail List into C News

psalvini@maytag.waterloo.edu (Paul Salvini) (04/30/91)

Is it possible, and how do you do it, to make the mailed articles of a
mailing list go directly into News?  I believe it is done at most sites and
Wilfrid Laurier (which does NOT get a newsfeed) would like to put a
mailing list through a local news group. We are/can run CNews to do this.

So what is the program that needs to be run?

Thanks
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henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (04/30/91)

In article <1991Apr29.180348.24924@maytag.waterloo.edu> psalvini@maytag.waterloo.edu (Paul Salvini) writes:
>Is it possible, and how do you do it, to make the mailed articles of a
>mailing list go directly into News? ...

It's possible, but doing it *right* is not trivial, and we don't supply
such a facility as an official part of C News.  There is some gatewaying
stuff in the "contrib" directory that is worth a look.
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