<s>
Gmane	B-Protocol
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
mane	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
e-mail	O
to	O
news	O
gateway	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
electronic	O
mailing	O
lists	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroups	I-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
through	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
web	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
bidirectional	O
gateway	B-Application
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
mailing	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gmane	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
archive	B-Application
;	O
it	O
never	O
expires	O
messages	O
(	O
unless	O
explicitly	O
requested	O
by	O
users	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gmane	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
importing	O
list	O
postings	O
made	O
prior	O
to	O
a	O
list	O
's	O
inclusion	O
on	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
Lars	O
Magne	O
Ingebrigtsen	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
authors	O
of	O
Gnus	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
newsreader	B-Protocol
for	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
's	O
homepage	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
included	O
129,592,482	O
messages	O
in	O
its	O
archives	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
20,070	O
mailing	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2016	O
,	O
Ingebrigtsen	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
considering	O
shutting	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
down	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
web	O
interface	O
was	O
taken	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2016	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Yomura	O
Holdings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
6	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
web	O
interface	O
would	O
be	O
coming	O
online	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
owners	O
of	O
gmane.org	B-Protocol
to	O
update	O
a	O
DNS	O
entry	O
—	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
unavailability	O
of	O
news.gmane.org—Ingebrigtsen	O
obtained	O
a	O
replacement	O
domain	O
,	O
gmane.io,	O
and	O
migrated	O
the	O
15,000	O
mailing	O
lists	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
server	O
at	O
the	O
new	O
address	O
using	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
automation	O
,	O
volunteer	O
labor	O
,	O
and	O
manual	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
only	O
by	O
newsreader	B-Protocol
as	O
the	O
website	O
formerly	O
operated	O
by	O
Yomura	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
recreated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gmane	B-Protocol
permits	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
this	O
mailing	O
list	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
a	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroup	I-Application
instead	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
news	B-Application
server	I-Application
news.gmane.io	O
and	O
group	O
name	O
gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messages	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
list	O
by	O
email	O
will	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
newsgroup	B-Application
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incoming	O
mail	O
is	O
checked	O
by	O
SpamAssassin	B-Language
and	O
anti-virus	B-Application
software	I-Application
so	O
that	O
spam	O
and	O
viruses	O
are	O
hidden	O
or	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outgoing	O
mail	O
is	O
checked	O
by	O
TMDA	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
that	O
no	O
spam	O
will	O
be	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
lists	O
using	O
Gmane	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
services	O
which	O
can	O
archive	B-Application
mailing	O
lists	O
include	O
The	O
Mail	O
Archive	B-Application
,	O
Nabble	O
,	O
MarkMail	O
,	O
MARC	O
,	O
MailBrowse	O
,	O
the	O
old	O
Google	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
user	O
interface	O
(	O
the	O
interface	O
which	O
was	O
standard	O
until	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Gossamer	O
Threads	O
,	O
and	O
OpenSubscriber	O
.	O
</s>
