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From: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,news.misc
Subject: Re: Telebit Modems
Message-ID: <515@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 19:07:37 GMT
References: <110@telebit.UUCP> <352@trigraph.UUCP> <166@mcf.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
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In article <166@mcf.UUCP> shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) writes:
>>>In article <110@telebit.UUCP> root@telebit.UUCP (Mike Ballard) says that
>>>Telebit would like to use the net to provide product support, but doesn't want
>>>to step on the net's non-commercial-use rules, and is looking for an
>>>acceptable way out of the problem.
>
>In article <352@trigraph.UUCP> michael@trigraph.UUCP (Michael Winser) writes:
>>The obvious solution (to me anyway) is to set up a mailing list.  Should the
>>traffic sufficiently large, _then_ make a news group. 
>
>I agree with Mike completely and this way it would give it a chance
>to work itself out, stabilize, and be directed at people really interested
>in it.

Mailing lists have problems -- in fact, the load which a large mailing list
generates is quite substantial.  In some cases it is more than a newsgroup,
and it concentrates all the load at the site which hosts the mailing list
(and their neighbors).  For a large group of recipients it is not appropriate.

We've got a solution; there is another distribution being started this
weekend here at 'ddsw1' for commercial-type postings.

The name of the top-level group is 'biz', and vendors may have their own
group(s).  For a feed, to look around, or just for more info send email.

NOTE:  The content of this distribution can and probably will include
       'commercial' postings.  Any site receiving or forwarding these should 
       be aware of and agree with this.
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