Gemini Usenet Newsgroup

[Chris Brannon]

Ben <benulo at systemli.org> writes:

> orbitalfox.eu which hosts the Gemini mailing list also has an nntp
> server of its own, as far as I know. Although it sounds like you are 
> talking about something much bigger.

Relatedly, I'll mention that this list is available via NNTP from
news.gmane.io in the group gmane.network.protocols.gemini.  A
comp.infosystems.gemini would be distributed across the whole federated
Usenet, rather than just a single NNTP server.

Gmane is a useful way to interact with mailing lists for people who
don't want list traffic mixed in with the rest of their email.  It's
especially good for lists that one uses infrequently.

I'm not sure that there'd be enough traffic to warrant a Usenet group.
I mean, this list isn't really high-traffic, so it's probably more than
sufficient.  I think to make it useful and not split the community you'd
also want a bi-directional gateway to the mailing list, which likely
comes with its own set of problems.

-- Chris