Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!ogicse!emory!walt From: walt@mathcs.emory.edu (Walt Hultgren {rmy}) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Database Mailing Lists Keywords: mail database Message-ID: <7711@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 14:26:13 GMT References: <1991Jun24.192847.15763@cs.wayne.edu> <1991Jun24.214759.10746@mips.mitek.com> <19621153@thinc.COM> Organization: Emory University Lines: 47 In article <19621153@thinc.COM> ethan@thinc.COM (Ethan.Lish@THINC.COM) writes: > > Is it time yet ? > ... > comp.databases.informix I think it's definitely time with respect to Informix topics. I don't have the specific numbers handy, but I can give some general idea of the traffic on our list. If we get down to a call for discussion, I can be more exact. The Informix mailing list is 5 months old, and the known member count is 475. This count does not include a couple of big aliases and local newsgroups, so I'm sure the actual count is over 500. We run a one-way gateway out of comp.databases into the list for approx. 300 members. A combination automatic/manual process selects only articles that deal with Informix topics. In the months that I've kept stats, there have been 450-500 articles posted to c.d, with 9-11 % gatewayed into the list each month. If c.d.informix were to be created, I would install a two-way gateway between that newsgroup and the list. The 200 current list members with access to News could then drop off of the list and subscribe to c.d.informix. This in itself would be a savings to the Net, not only from valid list traffic but also from the inevitable percentage of bounces generated by each posting to the e-mail list. There would be another benefit not readily apparent from the above numbers. A number of list members have mentioned that they have access to comp.databases, but that they want the gateway instead because they don't have the time or interest to wade through the c.d articles that don't apply to them. If c.d.informix were created, I think these people would also move from the list back to News. So, I think it's time. If we want to run individual votes to create each sub-newsgroup, I would be glad to handle the one for comp.databases.informix. If you would like to discuss this via e-mail, feel free to contact me. Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 128.140.8.1) Emory University Alternates: walt%rmy.emory.edu@uunet.uu.net 954 Gatewood Road, NE walt%rmy.emory.edu@wsmr-simtel20.army.mil Atlanta, GA 30329 USA BITNET: walt@EMORY Voice: +1 404 727 0648 UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt