[Zope] A newsgroup ...

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> Nitin Borwankar wrote
> Andre van der Vlies wrote:
> > 
> > Hoi,
> > As traffic is so HIGH in this mailing list, is it an idea to make a
> > 'Newsgroup' (comp.lang.zope) for it??
> > 
> > I only _read_ 4 or 5 newsgroups myself ....
> 
> 
> I would oppose this as making it a newsgroup or gatewaying to news
> attracts a lot of noise traffic such as "what is zope ?" ( 10 times a
> day ), 
> spam, Zope vs other technology flamefests etc. which tends to cause a
> lot of valuable 
> contributors to leave.  E-mail tends to be handled with a lot more
> immediacy
> and value compared to Usenet.

One _possible_ alternative would be to have it as a newsgroup, but only
on, say 'news.zope.org', not gatewayed to the general sewer that is 
usenet. heck, tie it in to the membership system on zope.org, and have 
it as a newsserver that uses it for login details. That's one way to 
cut down on spammers...

Anthony