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From: jkelley on 26 Apr 2010 11:23 As most of you probably know, the link between SAS-L and comp.soft- sys.sas is down. The link was made here (when the newsgroup was set up, the connection was made at American University. After that went away, UGA took it on.) For some time now, our sysadmins have wanted to shut down our newsserver. As it developed, our upstream news feed was in the same situation. So when they took their server down, the link went with it. The server is still here, but it is not likely it will be put back on the net. I am looking for another way to make the connection and will do this if I find one. I regret the breaking of the link. --Joe
From: Bill McKirgan on 4 May 2010 10:21 On Apr 26, 10:23 am, "jkel...(a)uga.edu" <jkel...(a)uga.edu> wrote: > As most of you probably know, the link between SAS-L and comp.soft- > sys.sas is down. The link was made here (when the newsgroup was set > up, the connection was made at American University. After that went > away, UGA took it on.) > For some time now, our sysadmins have wanted to shut down our > newsserver. As it developed, our upstream news feed was in the same > situation. So when they took their server down, the link went with > it. The server is still here, but it is not likely it will be put > back on the net. > I am looking for another way to make the connection and will do this > if I find one. > I regret the breaking of the link. > --Joe Joe, Sorry for a stupid question, but does this mean that SAS-L via GoogleGroups (comp.soft-sys.sas) is now completely separate from the true SAS-L hosted by the University of Georgia ( http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html )? I find the GoogleGroups interface to be easier to browse, but will make a point of visiting the True SAS-L if the two are indeed separate. Thanks for all of your hard work over the years. --Bill
From: Arthur Tabachneck on 4 May 2010 18:31 Bill, Yes, unless Joe can figure out how to correct the situation, the two appear to be functioning totally independently. As such, when I post here (on usenet via Google Groups), I always cc to: SAS- L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Conversely, if I email a response (via AOL mail) I cc both: SAS-L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU and mail2news-YYYYMMDD-comp.soft-sys.sas(a)m2n.mixmin.net (where YYYYMMDD MUST be the current YearMonthDay) That way, one's post appears on both the listserv and usenet. Art ------------ On May 4, 10:21 am, Bill McKirgan <bill.mckir...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 26, 10:23 am, "jkel...(a)uga.edu" <jkel...(a)uga.edu> wrote: > > > As most of you probably know, the link between SAS-L and comp.soft- > > sys.sas is down. The link was made here (when the newsgroup was set > > up, the connection was made at American University. After that went > > away, UGA took it on.) > > For some time now, our sysadmins have wanted to shut down our > > newsserver. As it developed, our upstream news feed was in the same > > situation. So when they took their server down, the link went with > > it. The server is still here, but it is not likely it will be put > > back on the net. > > I am looking for another way to make the connection and will do this > > if I find one. > > I regret the breaking of the link. > > --Joe > > Joe, > > Sorry for a stupid question, but does this mean that SAS-L via > GoogleGroups (comp.soft-sys.sas) is now completely separate from the > true SAS-L hosted by the University of Georgia (http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html)? > > I find the GoogleGroups interface to be easier to browse, but will > make a point of visiting the True SAS-L if the two are indeed > separate. > > Thanks for all of your hard work over the years. > > --Bill
From: Bill McKirgan on 5 May 2010 14:56 On May 4, 5:31 pm, Arthur Tabachneck <art...(a)netscape.net> wrote: > Bill, > > Yes, unless Joe can figure out how to correct the situation, the two > appear to be functioning totally independently. As such, when I post > here (on usenet via Google Groups), I always cc to: SAS- > L...(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU > > Conversely, if I email a response (via AOL mail) I cc both: > SA...(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU and > mail2news-YYYYMMDD-comp.soft-sys....(a)m2n.mixmin.net > (where YYYYMMDD MUST be the current YearMonthDay) > > That way, one's post appears on both the listserv and usenet. > > Art > ------------ > On May 4, 10:21 am, Bill McKirgan <bill.mckir...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 26, 10:23 am, "jkel...(a)uga.edu" <jkel...(a)uga.edu> wrote: > > > > As most of you probably know, the link between SAS-L and comp.soft- > > > sys.sas is down. The link was made here (when the newsgroup was set > > > up, the connection was made at American University. After that went > > > away, UGA took it on.) > > > For some time now, our sysadmins have wanted to shut down our > > > newsserver. As it developed, our upstream news feed was in the same > > > situation. So when they took their server down, the link went with > > > it. The server is still here, but it is not likely it will be put > > > back on the net. > > > I am looking for another way to make the connection and will do this > > > if I find one. > > > I regret the breaking of the link. > > > --Joe > > > Joe, > > > Sorry for a stupid question, but does this mean that SAS-L via > > GoogleGroups (comp.soft-sys.sas) is now completely separate from the > > true SAS-L hosted by the University of Georgia (http://www.listserv.uga..edu/archives/sas-l.html)? > > > I find the GoogleGroups interface to be easier to browse, but will > > make a point of visiting the True SAS-L if the two are indeed > > separate. > > > Thanks for all of your hard work over the years. > > > --Bill- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Art, I appreciate the clarification, and understand that I need to learn how to cross-post to the now separate branches of SAS-L. I have seen your other tips for doing this in a related thread and will see how I can follow your lead. Sounds like all of us need to make this kind of an effort to ensure the rift between UGa's SAS-L and the usenet SAS-L does not get too wide. We'll also need to do a better job of searching The Archives and then the usenet SAS-L archives before posting up with what we might think is a new question. Thanks for your time. --Bill
From: art297 on 5 May 2010 19:04
Kumar, I'm don't use Gmail, so I'm not sure if it posts to Google Groups automatically. If it doesn't, cc to the other address I mentioned (i.e., the one that you have to ensure is updated to match the current date: mail2news-YYYYMMDD-comp.soft-sys.sas(a)m2n.mixmin.net (where YYYYMMDD MUST be the current YearMonthDay). I've done that with this response, thus expect it to appear on both the listserv and Google Groups. Art -----Original Message----- From: SAS_learner <proccontents(a)gmail.com> To: Arthur Tabachneck <art297(a)netscape.net> Cc: SAS-L(a)listserv.uga.edu Sent: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:05 pm Subject: Re: SAS-L and comp.soft-sys.sas Hello Art , I use Gmail to read the mails from Sas-L and also use gmail to post my queries . I can usually CC SAS-L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU and what should I do for google groups ?? thanks Kumar On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Arthur Tabachneck <art297(a)netscape.net> wrote: Bill, Yes, unless Joe can figure out how to correct the situation, the two appear to be functioning totally independently. As such, when I post here (on usenet via Google Groups), I always cc to: SAS- L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Conversely, if I email a response (via AOL mail) I cc both: SAS-L(a)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU and mail2news-YYYYMMDD-comp.soft-sys.sas(a)m2n.mixmin.net (where YYYYMMDD MUST be the current YearMonthDay) That way, one's post appears on both the listserv and usenet. Art ------------ On May 4, 10:21 am, Bill McKirgan <bill.mckir...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 26, 10:23 am, "jkel...(a)uga.edu" <jkel...(a)uga.edu> wrote: > > > As most of you probably know, the link between SAS-L and comp.soft- > > sys.sas is down. The link was made here (when the newsgroup was set > > up, the connection was made at American University. After that went > > away, UGA took it on.) > > For some time now, our sysadmins have wanted to shut down our > > newsserver. As it developed, our upstream news feed was in the same > > situation. So when they took their server down, the link went with > > it. The server is still here, but it is not likely it will be put > > back on the net. > > I am looking for another way to make the connection and will do this > > if I find one. > > I regret the breaking of the link. > > --Joe > > Joe, > > Sorry for a stupid question, but does this mean that SAS-L via > GoogleGroups (comp.soft-sys.sas) is now completely separate from the > true SAS-L hosted by the University of Georgia (http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html)? > > I find the GoogleGroups interface to be easier to browse, but will > make a point of visiting the True SAS-L if the two are indeed > separate. > > Thanks for all of your hard work over the years. > > --Bill |