Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!purdue!bu-cs!ckd From: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: RFC Message-ID: <38031@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 13 Sep 89 03:29:58 GMT References: <564@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> <7235@rpi.edu> Organization: Boston University School of Managment Lines: 21 On 12 Sep 89 20:58:32 GMT, tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) said: [lots of good stuff about what an RFC is... go back and look at <7235@rpi.edu> if you haven't already] David> In the first paragraph it was mentioned that a short message is sent David> to the distribution list when a new memo is available. Administrative David> requests (as to be added or removed) regarding that mailing list David> should be directed via email to rfc-request@nic.ddn.mil. Well, yes, but they're also announced in the comp.doc newsgroup (and often distributed therein) and subscribing to the newsgroup takes less net bandwidth (and doesn't require the folks at the NIC to have to add you to the mailing list). A small nit in a large and quite good article. --ckd -- / |/ |\ @bu-pub.bu.edu | Chris Davis, BU SMG 90 | disclaim, disclaim... \ |\ |/ %bu-pub@bu-it.bu.edu | IGNORE THE PATH: LINE! | smghy6c@buacca.bitnet