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From: paul@mogwai.UUCP (Paul H. Mauritz)
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Subject: Re: too many new groups
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 16:57:00 EST
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> If we keep creating new newsgroups whenever someone finds "more interest
> than he/she expected" in a topic, we're going to kill Usenet
> faster than really necessary.  For many topics, we find a fairly
> 
> If we gave the matter some thought, we might find that some of the
> backbone sites, which have to bear the brunt of mass netnews postings,
> might be willing to help support some mailing lists.  These might

 Bravo Lauren.  As an additional note, I was a member of a group
 proposing a new news group.  One thoughtful person suggested that we
 instead start a mailing list, which would include all articles which
 people would like to submit.  One person volunteered as coordinator -
 NOTE:  I said coordinator, not moderator.  he/she simply mails out to
 all interested people all the stuff he recieves on the topic.  It has
 been around for several months, and is working out fine - in my
 opinion.

 Mailing lists could effectively - and less expensively - replace a
 large number of the current news groups.

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