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From: lane@u-mt.UUCP (Dick Lane)
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Subject: news groups on a DEC 20
Message-ID: <259@u-mt.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:30:37 EDT
Article-I.D.: u-mt.259
Posted: Sat Aug 24 01:30:37 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 02:10:19 EDT
Organization: University of Montana, Missoula MT
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Keywords: DEC20, communication


    On a DEC-20, under TOPS 20, there is a rudimentary bulletin board feature
provided by the BBOARD subcommand of the MM program  --  are there better
tools for distributing information, posting questions (or bug reports), and
maintaining group discussions ?
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    To be more explicit, our present arrangement (which I'd like to improve)
involves
	1.	the MM program,
	2.	a directory, PS:<BBOARD>, to which any user can mail stuff  and
	    whose MAIL.TXT file is publically readable via MM's BBOARD command,
	3.	miscellaneous  subject.TXT  files in PS:<BBOARD> which contain
	    items I move from the MAIL.TXT file  or  postings first mailed
	    directly to me -- these are also readable via MM's BBOARD command.
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    Perhaps it is naive to look for `solutions' to problems involving human
communication, but I would like to reduce mechanical impediments.

    Thanks for any help/advice/tips,
	Dick
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