Received: with LISTAR (v1.0.0; list gopher); Mon, 08 Jan 2001 22:30:21 -0600 (CST) Return-Path: Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from alexanderwohl.complete.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C983B926; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:30:20 -0600 (CST) Received: by alexanderwohl.complete.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A4280F267; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:38:59 -0500 (EST) To: gopher@complete.org Subject: [gopher] Re: depressing References: <200101082143.NAA10442@stockholm.ptloma.edu> From: John Goerzen Date: 08 Jan 2001 22:38:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200101082143.NAA10442@stockholm.ptloma.edu> Message-ID: <873detmm24.fsf@complete.org> Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) XEmacs/21.1 (Channel Islands) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 76 X-listar-version: Listar v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: jgoerzen@complete.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org X-list: gopher Well. Sigh. There are some things we can do. * When we find a gopher with useful things on it, mirror it on your own gopher server when possible. * Make sure people know we value their servers. * Aggressively mirror each other's servers when possible. We need to eventually be at a point where half of gopherspace doesn't die when 1 person does :-) FWIW, I do have plans to write gophermirror. should be fairly straightforward. -- John -- John Goerzen www.complete.org Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. www.progenylinux.com #include