Re: Yes, let's go to the newsgroup!

Martin Green (martin.a.green@hydro.on.ca)
Thu, 31 Mar 1994 19:02:02 -0500

On March 31 at 16:40:17 you (Sjoerd Mullender) wrote:
[...]
>
> I am taking over Guido's mailing list responsibilities while he is
> away. I had already talked to our news and mail administrator and he
> is not averse to the idea. It'll have to wait till Tuesday at the
> earliest though because our institute is closed on Good Friday and
> Easter Monday.
>
> Of course, the readership of the list should agree on having such a
> gateway. What do you folks say?

A one-way gateway from the newsgroup to the list could be useful until
the group traffic grows to ~20 postings per day. More traffic than
that would render the list useless. Perhaps a separate list could
then be established for those who still want to receive News postings
by mail.

I would advocate the option of keeping direct postings to the list out
of the newsgroup. This would help preserve the high quality and
reasonable volume of discussion that I have been priveleged to listen
in on. Groups like comp.lang.tcl have become so large that their
utility is greatly diminished. A separate list submission address
could be created for postings that would also be forwarded to the
newsgroup.

Martin A. Green Net : green@rd.hydro.on.ca
Ontario Hydro Technologies Tel : (416) 207-5745
800 Kipling Ave, KR260 FAX : (416) 207-5622
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, M8Z5S4