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Shaun Lipscombe <shaun.lipscombe@gasops.co.uk> writes:

  > As gnus can use ange-ftp to read a directory of files as if it were a
  > news server, I was wondering if it were possible to set up an ftp
  > server, and have lots of emacsen connected to it around the company,
  > so that our internal ftp server can be used as an internal bulletin
  > board without the hassle of setting up INN.

Well, nndoc groups are read-only, as a nneething groups.

But maybe something useful happens if you create an nnmh group and
change its directory to an ange-ftp directory.

Please take note that Gnus expects to be the *only* program writing
its directories and files.  nnmh is the backend with the fewest
problems in this regard.  But you're asking for trouble if you let two
Gnusae or Gnus and an external program write to the same directory/file.

kai
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