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From: schoff@PSI.COM ("Martin Lee Schoffstall")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: How about comp.internet?
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Date: 11 Jun 90 20:44:27 GMT
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Actually comp.internet would also serve an additional (smaller) purpose,
many of the Internet providers have newsgroups that are regional
in distribution that might be interested in posting to something
like:
	comp.internet.psinet
	comp.internet.nearnet
	comp.internet.nordunet
etc.....

Marty
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 In article <9006111226.AA04905@sayshell.umd.edu>,
 louie@SAYSHELL.UMD.EDU (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:

 >I remember when you could actually carry on a useful technical
 >discussion on this mailing list.  You know, implementations issues and
 >performance hack and the like.

 >... Or maybe we could form a new mailing list dedicated to what the TCP-IP
 >list used to be used for.  I realize now that the Internet protocol
 >suite has been "discovered" by the trade rags, there are lots of users
 >that need information.

 I agree that there is a real need for both a general Internet news group
 and a technical group.  However, I think the best solution would be
 to move all the non technical discussions to a new newsgroup, and let
 TCP-IP return to what it once was.

 Why not create a new group (and mailing list) called comp.internet?

 In general, comp.internet should be for the users and administrators of
 the Internet and comp.protocols.tcp-ip should be for the developers of
 TCP/IP hardware and software.

 Curt Welch
 curt@dtix.dt.navy.mil
 David Taylor Research Center (A Navy Lab)
 Bethesda, MD
 (301) 227-1428