[Mailman-Users] Web Forum Frontend to Mailinglist

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Damon wrote:

> I've searched for information on the Mailman-to-news since I'm looking for a way to allow answering
> list messages from the web also. Is there documentation online about this? Does it require running a
> private news server?

    From the nntp_host description page:

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nntp_host (gateway): The Internet address of the machine your News server is running on.

The News server is not part of Mailman proper. You have to already have access to a NNTP server, and
that NNTP server has to recognize the machine this mailing list runs on as a machine capable of reading
and posting news.
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    So the answer here is, yes you need one.  Unless you can ask your ISP to allow you to use their NNTP
server...or arrange something else.

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