Re: Ports

In article <5fe66r$h8j@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Tobias Svennebring <d92-tsv@nada.kth.se> wrote: > >Also I wonder what this informix-list is. Is it a usenet list? Usenet is the name given to a collection of sites that run what is essentially a distributed bulletin board system. Most of these sites are on the Internet, but I daresay there are still many that connect via dial-up UUCP and other ways. Discussions on Usenet are kept manageable (an arguable point) by being grouped into general subject-area forums, called "newsgroups". There is a newsgroup called comp.databases.informix that is dedicated to technical topics related to Informix. Usenet articles are distributed among the various participating systems by background news software. The Informix Mailing List, informix-list, is an e-mail discussion list based at a single system at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It operates using standard e-mail. The distinction between the two forums is somewhat blurred because they carry the same content. Part of the software that operates the mailing list acts as a "gateway" that links the mailing list and c.d.i. Each mail message sent to the list is also posted to c.d.i, and each news article posted to c.d.i is also sent out to the mailing list. Hope this helps, Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 170.140.97.4) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648