Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: Usenet and NNTP and Oracle-L, oh my!
- From: "Mark J. Bobak" <mark@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: dedba@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:56:51 -0500
Sorry, the correct URL is: nntps://news.freelists.org
That should work.
-Mark
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:53 AM, De DBA <dedba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Interesting! Unfortunately this domain name does not resolve though..
> trying freelists.org and www.freelists.org times out. :(
>
> On 10/02/15 16:14, Mark J. Bobak wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just a bit of news regarding a new feature that FreeLists is now
> offering. If you're an old dinosaur like me, and remember Usenet
> newsgroups, like comp.databases.oracle.server, this may bring up some *old*
> memories.... :-)
>
> As of now, you can access a 60-day rolling window of Oracle-L content
> via any NNTP-based news reader client. Simply point your news reader to
> this URL: nntps://nntp.freelists.org, and you should see 'Oracle-L' as a
> subscription option. That's all there is to it.
>
> Some quick points:
> - Oracle-L is *not* turning into a Usenet newsgroup.
> - If you don't know or don't care about NNTP, you can ignore this
> message, and nothing will change.
> - This is a *read-only* interface. There will be no way to post to
> Oracle-L via NNTP.
> - This is purely an option, you don't need to care about or use it, if
> you don't want to.
> - Currently, this is a new feature, and is in beta. Any and all
> feedback, positive or negative, is welcome, and I'll forward to the
> FreeLists guys.
>
> Questions or concerns? Let me know.
>
> That is all.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mark
> Mark J. Bobak
> Oracle-L mailing list administrator
> oracle-l-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> mark@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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