From: Hugh Denoncourt <hd <at> HOPPER <dot> UNH <dot> EDU>
Date: 9 oct 1995
Subject: Re: Popularising Shogi on the Net

> I hope I outlined my ideal solution above. I do not know if it is feasible,
> though. I think *replacing* SHOGI-L with a newsgroup is a bad idea, because
> 1) many people may not have internet access apart from e-mail, 2) their
> employer or provider may not pass on games-related news groups, 3) news
> group postings may expire before one has a chance to read them, and 4)
> people may prefer to automatically get postings in their mailbox rather
> than having to scan news groups. Since my goal is to have as many netizens
> exposed to Shogi, replacing the mailing list with a news group does not
> sound all that attractive.
Yes, I have to agree that your solution is ideal.  I think mailing lists
are capable of reaching more people than a newsgroup is, but in general,
newsgroups have much more visibility.  Now, I remember I use to receive
something called the Chess Digest which was a mirror of the
rec.games.chess newsgroup.  I am unsure how they did it but it seems as
though that is the sort of solution you are looking for here.  The
mailing list is great, not only because it can reach more people, but
there are all of these archived files you can get from this list(such as
games played at the top level and intermediate levels of shogi)... I'm
not sure if you have those all available via FTP as well, but just the
fact that they are available is good.  I would hate to see certain things
go by replacing the mailing list go.  A mirroring system would be ideal.
Does anyone know how such a thing could work? (or know someone who does)???
Cheers,
hugh