free collaborative tools for low BW and losy connections

[johnl at iecc.com (John Levine)]

In article <9f22cde2-d0a2-1ea1-89e9-ae65c4d47171 at tnetconsulting.net> you write:
>I hadn't considered having a per system NNTP server.  I sort of like the 
>idea.  I think it could emulate the functionality that I used to get out 
>of Lotus Notes & Domino with local database replication.  I rarely 
>needed the offline functionality, but having it was nice.  I also found 
>that the local database made searches a lot faster than waiting on them 
>to traverse the network.
>
>> Also note that bi- or unidirectional NNTP/SMTP gateways are useful.

I've been reading nanog and many other lists on my own NNTP server via
a straightforward mail gateway for about a decade.  Works great.  I'm
sending this message as a mail reply to a news article.

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