Re: [MacPerl] Re: News group

[schooley@ee.gatech.edu (David C. Schooley)]

At 12:23 PM 2/28/96, Matthias Ulrich Neeracher wrote:
>billbill@wetware.com (BillBill) writes:
>>Thanks, Matthias - that is a good idea.  By the way, I would *gladly*
>>read this mailing list as a newsgroup.  The news interface makes it
>>much easier to follow threads and to manage large traffic.
>
>I agree, although in my experience newsgroups usually lose some focus.
>The reorganization of the Litprog mailing list into comp.programming.literate
>that I advocated, for instance, was probably not for the benefit of the group.
>
>The last time I asked around on the mailing list, a clear majority was opposed
>to creating a newsgroup, but this was a while ago so we could do another poll.
>Send me your opinions (The list is currently moderated, and I will not post
>your articles unless I feel they contribute new arguments for or agains, I will
>meerly count them). If a clear majority is in favor of the group, it should be
>easy to get a newsgroup.
>

comp.lang.perl.mac would be nice. One possibility might be to tie the
mailing list and the newsgroup together. Messages sent to the list also get
sent to the newsgroup and vice versa. The gnuplot newsgroup does this. The
traffic here is low enough that it might be worth a try.

later,

---Dave---


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