Xref: utzoo news.groups:26240 comp.misc:10755 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!chip From: chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: pubnet.config,news.groups,comp.misc Subject: PUBNET mailing list Message-ID: <1730@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 5 Dec 90 20:17:13 GMT Reply-To: pubnet-request@chinacat.unicom.com Followup-To: comp.misc Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX Lines: 40 {{{ Followups are redirected to comp.misc. Replies are }}} {{{ redirected to the mailing list administrative address. }}} In view of the impending demise of the "pubnet" hierarchy - I'm willing to start up a pubnet mailing list to fill the void. The purpose of the mailing list would be to discuss the "use and administration of public access systems." The backbone of the "pubnet" hierarchy no longer exists, and along with it went the main purpose for these newsgroups. Even though pubnet is no longer needed, it still serves two important functions. First, it is the home for Phil Eschallier's "nixpub" list of public access systems. Second, it offers a forum for the administrators of public access systems. Nixpub won't be lost in the changes. It is already cross-posted into comp.misc, and I expect Phil will make that its new home. The second function, however, will be lost when pubnet goes away. I floated a trial balloon to see if there was interest in creating a single newsgroup (I suggested "comp.org.pubnet") to replace the pubnet hierarchy. The response I received was favorable, but not enough to support creating a group. Thus - I propose a "pubnet" mailing list to fill in this gap. If you want to join, send a request to "pubnet-request@chinacat.unicom.com". Why do I care that pubnet survives? Neither me nor my equipment has anything to do with public access systems. Call it a debt of gratitude. Four years ago, when I moved from California to Texas, my USENET and email access was lost. Thanks to folks like Wayne Ross (then of warble, and previous keeper of the nixpub) and Charlie Boykin (then of killer) I was able to get access and eventually bootstap a USENET site. Public access UNIX provides some good services, and it's a worthwhile thing to keep around. (Now...if this was a pitch for public television I'd next implore you to dig deeply into your pockets... :-) -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | We was raising insurance premiums, ma. Unicom Systems Development | We was spreading fear of arson. | - Michelle Shocked Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com