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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ZOO, please
Message-ID: <1363@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 90 00:56:17 GMT
References: <8111@emcard.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <8111@emcard.UUCP> mat@emcard.UUCP (W Mat Waites) writes:

| Also, I only got parts 1 and 2 of the recent unix utilities post.
| Should have been 15 or 16 parts, right?
| Please mail me the rest if possible.

  Suggestion on asking for things:

	1. don't ask for mail of 16 parts of a program. Ten people will
	   send them and you will waste bandwidth.

	2. don't assume that you link is instant, and the moment I post
	   something it shows up in your news. Wait a few days before
	   asking for stuff, since delays happen.

	3. one of the functions of a moderator is to control the volume.
	   To do this I post a few parts every day, rather than blow
	   away my comm links by trying for a record.

	4. The per-day volume is high right now to catch up with the
	   backlog while I was out. Since I see that it's coming in
	   faster than I can post, I'm going to cut back in a week or
	   so.  

	5. This group takes time in relation to the number of
	   programs (not size), and I'm getting a lot of small
	   stuff. I'm going to cut back to 8 hours a week to
	   prepare stuff, and what I get done is all that goes
	   out. Reviewing takes time, if I get stuff
	   in a reasonable format with a good description I can
	   do a lot more.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me