Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!microsoft!alonzo
From: alonzo@microsoft.UUCP (Alonzo GARIEPY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION ON NEW GROUP
Message-ID: <70975@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 91 01:07:49 GMT
References: <9102270829.AA09759@nic.gac.edu>
Reply-To: alonzo@microsoft.UUCP (Alonzo GARIEPY)
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In <9102270829.AA09759@nic.gac.edu> dan@nic.gac.edu (Dan Boehlke) writes:
> If the comp.sys.handhelds group splits, does anyone have any opinions on what
> should happen with the handhelds mailing list.

I see this is as the biggest issue surrounding the proposed split.  It is
hard to know what is on the other end of these mailing lists, and it would
be a shame to deprive anybody because someone on their path failed to pick
up the other half of the split group.

It is unreasonable for handhelds (the group or the list) to carry the wide
range of hp48 topics it does now.  General queries about the product, product
information, and comparisons would still have their place in handhelds.  All
I can see is that a completely new mailing list would have to be created for
the new hp48 group.  I am kind of glad that the existing hp48 mailing list
is not gatewayed; I unsubscribed when the noise level got even higher than 
that on c.s.h.  

I am interested to know if anyone wants the new hp48 group to be moderated
or is interested in moderating.  Or perhaps more of our readers could learn
something about net etiquette.  ... I thought not.

Alonzo