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On 02 Jul 1997 00:53, Adrian Aichner previously said:
> >>>>> "sb" == Steven L Baur <steve@xemacs.org> writes:
> 
>     sb> Adrian Aichner <aichner@ecf.teradyne.com> writes:
>     >> I guess I'm asking for an xemacs-beta Newsgroup at this point without
>     >> knowing ;->
> 
>     sb> You wish to invite SPAM and email address collecting?
> 
> That's difficult for me to answer, especially since the Monty Python's 
> are currently on TV as I write . The `Bruces' and all that, ya know.
> 
> Is there such a thing as a password-protected newsgroup?

Not in an across-the-net way.

I guess I haven't seen the arguments against it before, but what is the
argument against something like a hypermail archive of the mailing list
that is password locked via the beta username/password?  That would seem to
be the most efficient way, if searchable, to approach this problem.

								-rob

