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From: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general,news.groups
Subject: Re: Mailing list announcement
Message-ID: <3834@islenet.UUCP>
Date: 1 Feb 88 03:09:40 GMT
References: <403@zorch.UU.NET> <1061@bakerst.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Organization: Islenet Inc.,  Honolulu
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> And I have yet to understand what gatewaying (...) does that cross-posting
> doesn't.  Someone, please explain that to me.  In public - maybe I'm not
> the only one who doesn't understand it.

Gatewaying would be automatic.  Not something that everyone would have to
remember to do every time they post.

Cross-posting would be a special requirement of these groups shared by no
others.  The special cross-posting requirement would have to be continually
re-announced so that newcomers wouldn't miss out.

Why require special handling from everyone involved rather than making
things automatic?

No one is suggesting that the unix-pc groups be abolished, just that
they be better connected.  In a clean, convenient, proven way.

-- 
Richard Foulk		...{vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard
Honolulu, Hawaii