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From: creps@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Newsgroup proposal: archive announcements
Message-ID: <783@silver.bacs.indiana.edu>
Date: 5 Feb 88 17:13:57 GMT
References: <8084@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: creps@silver.UUCP (Steve Creps)
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Organization: Indiana University Computer Science Department
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In article <8084@eddie.MIT.EDU> wisner@eddie.MIT.EDU (Bill Wisner) writes:
>I recently stated in comp.sources.d that I would collect information
>on archive sites that make various items available for anonymous FTP
>or UUCP, list them, and maintain that list in the future.
>Various mail I have received indicates two things. First, this list is
>going to be BIG. Second, there is probably some demand for a newsgroup
>for distributing this stuff.

   I haven't yet decided which way I would vote on this, but I think it
needs some discussion. My point is that perhaps news.lists should be used
for this, instead of creating a new group.

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