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Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Test Submission and Questions
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Date: 10 Oct 90 18:35:59 GMT
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Hi,

Thank you to all who were involved with the ``resurrection'' of the handhelds
mailing list.  This is my forst posting in the hopes of participating and
connecting.

I have some questions about the nature and purpose of this endeavor.

Firstly, the original handhelds mailing list was pretty much (as far as I was
concerned) just a link to comp.sys.handhelds such that everything that was
posted to that news-group was also mailed to all of the mailing-list
subscribers.  This incarnation does not seem to be doing that.  My question is
whether or not this is a good thing.  I do consistently read the news-group so I
don't miss the articles in the mailing-list, but there may be merit in
continuing the practice.

In the same vein, is this mailing-list linked to comp.sys.handhelds in the other
direction?  (I suppose I will get my answer to this if this email shows up in
the news-group.)  Is there merit in such an arrangement?  Are there draw-backs?
I can see advantages in both arrangements and would like to hear what others
have to say.

Is the focus of the mailing-list the same as that of the news-group?  All
hand-helds from all manufacturers?  All possible topics?  Just certain models?

How about digests?  Of the mailing-list?  Of comp.sys.handhelds?

How about ``advertising.'' I personally work for a company that produces
products and services that are useful to HP hand-held owners and I'm a little
weary of having to watch my language for fear that I might inadvertently or
directly promote the company.  I could see merit in the mailing-list being
somewhat more free in this respect.

How about connectivity with the HP BBS?  Reposting significant articles from
there has some merit.  It's a local call for me.  They might even be co-erced
into doing it themselves.

This last one brings up the question of volume.  Are we going to be shipping
large quantities of source code around through the mail?  Is this to be
encouraged?  Discouraged?

Well I guess that's enough for now.  

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