Re: Newsgroup uk.tech.home-automation now created

["Julian Samphire" <jules@xxxxxxx>]

> From: Nikola Kasic
> "Maybe group->newsgroup routing is enough. "

Back in September I posted the article below to the ukha_d group, but as
little to no interest was shown in the project it was shutdown, much to my
disapointment. I now agree with Mark's comments..

"I don't think there should be any link.  Then it's up to the
individual to
decide if they read one, other or both."

Regards,

Jules


From: <jules@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 11:23 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] STOP PRESS: News server update


> Hi Guys & Gals,
>
> Check this:  news://news.myautomatedhouse.co.uk/
>
> My brother and I have been busy coding all weekend to transpose the
> messages from the ukha_d group on yahoo to our news server. The
> messages on there are from the initial set up of the yahoo group and
> have been threaded as best as we can (yahoo's data is a tad messed
> when it comes to threading).
>
> The post times on there at the moment are 6 hours behind as they are
> using yahoo's time, this will be resolved tomorrow when we will purge
> all articles and repost them (there will be about 15 minutes while
> the data is removed and posting starts again).
>
> At the bottom of every plain text message will be a link back to the
> original message on yahoo. We have also preserved any URLs in the
> messages for your reading pleasure. Any emails will point back to
> yahoo, as they utilise a cunning email protection scheme to stop web
> sucking of email addresses.
>
> We've also written some software to automatically poll yahoo every 15
> minutes, download news messages and place them on the server in the
> correct threads.
>
> Please remember that your news reader may have a limit to the number
> of headers it can download in one go. Outlook Express's default is
> 300 and can be changed by going to Tools->Options, Read tab. Trust
> me, there is over 22'000 news articles up there (or will be when its
> finished uploading).
>
> Please note that if you post to yahoo.ukha_d it wont be replicated on
> yahoo groups. If we can, I'd like to start a discussion on
> comments.here.please on a structure for the newsgroups on the server.
> We're also thinking about transposing other yahoo groups but have yet
> to finalise a list of worthy groups (comments on news server please).
>
> If you have any comments, ideas for a newsgroup names on the server
> or flames please reply to this or post on the following newsgroup:
> news://news.myautomatedhouse.co.uk/comments.here.please
>
> Happy HA'ing
>
> Jules & his brother Richie (code monkeys)
>
> PS. If you want to try test posts, use the test newsgroup.