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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert D Goodearl)
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Subject: Re: Binaries in comp.windows.ms
Summary: discussion about comp.binaries.windows.ms
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Date: 28 Jul 90 04:44:01 GMT
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In article <1990Jul28.011900.24190@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>
>There is a very good chance that we could have comp.binaries.windows.ms
>if we wanted, and then we could have binaries where everybody would be
>happy about them.
>
>However, there's a catch:  somebody needs to be a moderator.  I will not
>volunteer; I already do comp.binaries.os2, and I don't want to double my
>unpaid workload.  :)
>

Could you describe for us the work that is involved in being a moderator?
Are the binaries groups required to be moderated?  I certainly value
the work that's done by the moderators, but don't necessarily have time
to do it myself.  Can it work as a shared responsibility?

As for the ftp archives and those of us who don't have ftp access, would
it be possible to get a mail server like the one running on the nasa
archives?  (You send it a message like "send index" or "send xyz" and it
sends the file index or the specified file to you via mail.)  Would
something like this be practical?

Thanks, Tom, for your constructive ideas.

Any takers out there?

Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com