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It's 27 Jul 96  09:08,
We'll return to mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au and All's
discussion of UUCP News and Mail feed

 ma> Dialix provide cheap UUCP feeds, like the one I am using now.

True, but you don't want to send too much e-mail through them (e.g.
mailing lists), because of their byte charges.  They are a _very_ cheap
newsfeed though. :-)

I have a UUCP feed with DIALix, as well as a live SOUP/SMTP feed from
APANA here.

The DIALix feed handles e-mail from systems beyond my gateway, as well
as several newsgroups that I export to my downlinks, while the APANA
feed carries my mailing list traffic and several newsgroups that I
personally read (but don't pass on).

This arrangement works out much cheaper than DIALix alone, and is more
flexible than APANA alone (for my needs).  If you're looking at having a
feed from DIALix for a BBS, gateway, etc, you'll need a strict policy on
e-mail, to avoid those byte charges mounting up.  My costs for DIALix
are now around $2-$3 / week, even with several e-mails from users every
day. :-) (used to be $10/week until I moved my mailing lists to APANA).

... Multitasking allows screwing up several things at once.
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