Re: [boost] NNTP Access (was: Boost Announce Messages)

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-30 20:54:04

At 03:29 PM 9/29/2001, cmeerw_at_[hidden] wrote:

 >--- In boost_at_y..., Gary.Powell_at_s... wrote:
 >> well.  As it stands the announce group has such low traffic and the
 >> regular group such high traffic that I'm currently reading neither
 >> group.
 >
 >I am also only reading a few posts through the Web-interface because
 >of the high traffic. But because the Web-interface doesn't have any
 >threading capabilities it isn't very useful either.
 >
 >I really wish there would be a way to access the group through NNTP.
 >Is there any chance of getting a gateway to a publically accessible
 >NNTP-server set up?

There is some discussion going on right now with a university group who 
have offered to host some of the Boost needs.  We are talking with their 
system administrators to see what is possible and/or desirable.  We'll post 
more information as soon as its available.

--Beman