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From: dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Splitting comp.sys.atari.st into subgroup(s)
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Date: 12 Apr 90 03:57:35 GMT
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Eric C. Olson writes:
>
>Instead of splitting up the group, how about adopting a keyword
>like "TECH:" in the subject line.  Or perhaps in the Summary line.
>Or hey put it in the keyword line!
>
>The advantage of the subject line is the I know how to eliminate
>the non-TECH: articles.  Perhaps there is a better way.
>
>Eric
>ericco@ssl.berkeley.edu

One of the main reasons for splitting up the group is so that the
people who are interested in just tech discussions (and there seem
to be quite a few) won't have to wade through the other stuff.  If we
just use a keyword, then 

	1) newcomers won't know about it
	2) people will eventually forget

and we'll be back to where we started.

The way you would eliminate non-tech articles with the new group in
place would be to not read comp.sys.atari.st (general), but only
read comp.sys.atari.st.tech.

Dave Baggett
dmb@cscwam.umd.edu