Re: [libreoffice-users] Real Usenet newsgroups

Well, there's a slight snag here, due to be solved real soon now.  As I understand it, the mailing 
list program used by libreoffice in its present version can not accept unmoderated posts sent via 
gmane unless the sender is also registered with libreoffice.  Also as I understand it, this is due 
to change in an upcoming version of the mailing list program.

This means you have two choices at present.

1. You can register with the libo mailing list using the -nomail parameter.  This means that your 
posts via gmane get right through the system, but you don't get any emails.  You read the newsgroup 
in your nntp reader.  To use this option send an email from the same email account you registered 
with gmane to <listname>+subscribe-nomail@global.libreoffice.org.  Reply to the resulting email and 
you're done.  Listname for the users list is, of course, users.

2. You don't register with the libo mailing list, which means that, until the list manager is 
updated, your posts will come to one of the moderators to be approved before getting on the list.  
Normally this seems to result in a delay to be reckoned in minutes rather than hours.

HTH

//James
One of the moderators

On Sep 26, 2011, at 17:47 , dave boland wrote:

> Ken,
>
> I'm sorry -- it looked like a web interface when I went to the page. 
> One question -- will I be able to post questions to the NG like I can
> with Ubuntu and Mepis?  If I have all of the functionality of a regular
> NG, then I'm good to go.  In the mean time, I'l have another look at
> Gmane.
>
> Dave,
>
>
>
> On Monday, September 26, 2011 8:58 AM, "Ken Springer" <snowshed1@q.com>
> wrote:
> > On 9/26/11 8:19 AM, dave boland wrote:
> > > I'm not interested in a web based system -- too slow, reg, req'd., etc.
> > > Make it regular newsgroups like Ubuntu and Mepis.
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > May I suggest you reread about Gmane?
> >
> > I read my chosen LO lists via the Gmane interface, and I read it as a 
> > newsgroup in Thunderbird.  It's absolutely no different than when I read 
> > the Mozilla groups, and eternal-september.org.
> >
> > I'll send you a screen shot if you'd like some evidence.  :-)
> >
> > -- 
> > Ken
> >
> > Mac OS X 10.6.8
> > Firefox 6.0.2
> > Thunderbird 6.0.2
> > LibreOffice 3.3.3
> >
> >
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