Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
From: Christopher Sedore <cmsedore@maxwell.syr.edu>
Subject: Re: NNTP Protocol RFC redux
Message-ID: <4E86915F977FD0119BCD08002BE28C4B03FB96@exchange.maxwell.syr.edu>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 20:59:04 -0400

	...

	I had this thought:  What if we simply started usenet 2 by
gatewaying from usenet 1 into usenet 2 through a delayed gateway
mechanism.  These gateways (maybe 4 to 6) would connect usenet 1 to
usenet 2 by holding articles long enough to process spam cancels
(hopefully speeding this by getting direct or near direct feeds from Mr.
Roadkill and friends), then forwarding them on to a usenet 2 network
that had a membership charter which everyone had to agree to.  This
charter would include provisions for cutting you off if you did not
"behave", would include minimum standards for spam control, and would
require you to cut off people who didn't follow the rules.

	As I see it, this would allow us a nice transition from usenet 1
to usenet 2, without losing too much (maybe 15-60 minutes hold time for
usenet 1 articles).

	Steps to do it:

  - develop software to hold articles and process cancels (INN
    could to this with tweaking, I think)
  - write a charter, and get people to print copies, sign them,
    and send them in?
  - establish 4 to 6 gateway sites, and begin crossfeeds among
    usenet 2 members

	Anybody interested?  I could have a test gateway site up in a
week or so...

	-Chris