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From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sources.wanted,comp.sources.d,news.groups
Subject: Re: Call for discussion: comp.sources.archives
Summary: archive archive.
	 more confusion or less?
Message-ID: <382@pigs.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 88 20:55:27 GMT
References: <621@proxftl.UUCP> <231@acheron.UUCP> <219@milhow1.UUCP>
Reply-To: haugj@pigs.UUCP (Joe Bob Willie)
Followup-To: news.groups
Organization: Big "D" Oil and Gas
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[ this article is being sent to news.groups for further discussion.  it is
  just about time to decide what the proposed newsgroup is going to smell
  like ... ]

In article <219@milhow1.UUCP> how@.UUCP (Mike Howard) (...!uunet!milhow1!how) writes:
>How about archiving the archive info someplace and periodically
>posting a listing of the archive info listings and how to get them.

the problem which is trying to be solved is that people don't know where
the archives are because there is no clear newsgroup or area for archive
site information to be posted.

>BTW, I would like that quite a bit better than having the archive info 
>which I don't care about cropping up in groups I am reading for `content'.

i recently stopped cross-posting to comp.unix.xenix for my xenix-ported
stuff for exactly this reason.  i noticed many of the sites calling in
weren't xenix systems so it seemed very pointless to continue bothering
those poor xenix folks ...

>Are a there any groups which currently exist which would be suitable for
>such a list - such as `comp.newuser'?

there is a news.announce.newuser newsgroup.  not that anyone pays any
attention to what is posted there ...

news.lists could be used but it is moderated.  dealing with moderated
groups is a hassle.  first you need a moderator ...
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