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Richard Owlett wrote:
I am subscribed to debian-user@lists.debian.org in the
normal fashion. Last weekend, for an unknown/unknowable
reason, mail from all lists from lists.debian.org was
interrupted. Also I was unable to connect to the archive
page. Whatever the problem was, it is apparently resolved.
That got me looking for alternatives in case it recurs.
I found reference to USENET access via linux.debian.user and
was reminded of the digest alternative subscription.
I have 2 questions.
1. Is the link between the USENET newsgroup completely
bidirectional with the mailing list?
I'm posting this via USENET as a partial test for that.
Well, I *tried* to do so. My USENET access is via
news.supernews.com . It carriers a group listed as
linux.debian. I received a bounce message whose implications
I did not understand. I'll start a sub-thread to discuss
clarifying some information given on
http://www.debian.org/support#usenet .
[SNIP my 2nd question]
I think the first sentence under "Usenet newsgroups", { "A
lot of our mailing lists can be browsed as newsgroups, in the
linux.debian.* hierarchy. "}, needs clarification. I
received a message from a "Moderation Robot" saying that the
group I attempted to access was a moderated group. The
subscription form seemed to indicate that to post I would
end up having to set up my newsreader to access an
additional newsserver just to access a single group. Their
FAQ page did not clarify the issue for me.
Just how confused am I?
TIA
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