Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!purdue!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!bionet!lear From: lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: DISCUSSION - modification of charter for news.announce.newgroups Message-ID: Date: 14 Aug 89 16:07:46 GMT References: <3960@ncar.ucar.edu> <1989Aug13.021012.216@utzoo.uucp> <3994@looking.on.ca> <1047@anise.acc.com> <4001@looking.on.ca> Organization: Natl Computer Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 21 Oh come on. Do you really think I want my users trying to parse diffs? I will state it yet again for you, Bob. To take your method to its logical conclusion I would need to subscribe to EVERY hierarchy, or at least every an group in every hierarchy AND REQUIRE MY USERS TO READ ALL OF THEM. I would like my users to be able to read ONE group that contains all the newsgroup announcements, so that when they see something interesting that we don't get I can arrange to receive it. For that matter, even if we do receive it, I still don't want to have to have my users read more than one group for the announcement of new newsgroups. With regard to the distribution, again, if the distribution is limited to the particular hierarchy involved, those who would want to subscribe to a newsgroup in that hierarchy who do not already receive that hierarchy would not see the announcement. What I am talking about is nothing more than a modified form of news.announce.conferences or comp.newprod. I don't want to see commercializing in such a newsgroup, just announcements.