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Re: mailing.*

From Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
Newsgroups news.groups.questions
Subject Re: mailing.*
Date 2025-02-20 23:31 -0300
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Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> writes:

> On 19.02.2025 22:29 Uhr Salvador Mirzo wrote:
>
>> Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> writes:
>> 
>> > Hello!
>> >
>> > mailing.* looks like a gateway to certain mailing list. Who
>> > maintains that?  
>> 
>> Good question.  I'd love to understand that (and more) too.
>
> A gateway is a service that posts messages from a newsgroup to a
> mailing list and vice-versa.
> Often this is being done with moderated newsgroups.

I'd like to understand better how they work.  For instance, if I have an
NNTP server such as Leafnode and I have a mailing list hosted by qmail,
say, what software would I run to gateway these two systems?

>> > I can't find control files for certain groups there that are on E-S.
>> > E.g. mailing.unix.samba-announce  
>> 
>> What's a control file for a certain group?
>
> TLDR: Control files cause groups to be created or deleted.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_message

But where do you find control files for any group here on E-S?  For
instance, where's the control file for comp.misc, say?  I have no idea
how things work here.

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mailing.* Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-02-18 09:25 +0100
  Re: mailing.* Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-19 22:29 -0300
    Re: mailing.* Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-02-20 17:39 +0100
      Re: mailing.* Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-02-20 23:31 -0300
        Re: mailing.* Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2025-02-21 10:18 +0100

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