Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!sri-unix!rutgers!mcnc!xanth!kyle From: kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Periodic repostings (Was: arbitron program) Message-ID: <2819@xanth.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 12:48:45 EDT Article-I.D.: xanth.2819 Posted: Sat Oct 17 12:48:45 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 11:59:11 EDT References: <11731@decwrl.DEC.COM> <919@hao.UCAR.EDU> <14015@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <1139@gilsys.UUCP> Followup-To: news.admin Lines: 26 Xref: mnetor news.admin:1189 comp.sources.d:1400 [ This has turned into an issue for news admins, so followup to news.admin please. ] In article <1139@gilsys.UUCP>, mc68020@gilsys.UUCP (Thomas J Keller) writes: > In article <37@ateng.UUCP>, chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg) writes: > > 1. Should useful programs constantly be reposted? > > My opinion: Usually not. (At least arbitron is small.) > 1) so new sites on the net that don't know about important, useful > software can just go without, right? All this archival is wonderful, > but in many cases, the material needed, assuming the site admin > KNOWS it's needed, is not readily available from a net neighbor. Tom's right, but we still shouldn't flood the net with the same old software and maps every month because of this. A paper needs to be written that tells the administrators of new USENET sites about the software and other things they need to get. This paper should also tell them where they can get these things. Most of this information is scattered about in various newsgroups, but it needs to be organized into a single reference. This paper could be posted to news.announce.newusers with a suitably long expiration date, and reposted whenever the information in it is updated. Comments? kyle jones old dominion university, norfolk, va usa