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From: ART100@PSUVM.BITNET ("Andy Tefft  862-6728", 814)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Splitting the list
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Date: 2 Nov 88 15:25:00 GMT
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Yet another opinion from someone without a gs...

Yes, I'm tired of getting mainly mail on the gs since I don't have one
and don't (gasp!) intend to get one. Since I get this list via the
bitnet redistribution as mail, it's no difficult task to look at the
subject: headers and kill the ones which are obviously gs oriented.
Unfortunately, this causes 2 problems:

1) After a number of generations of replies, the header doesn't always
   reflect the contents of the mail;

2) Sometimes the header indicates it's a GS comment but there are things
   i'm interested in in the body anyway!

It seems a logical choice at first to split this group into gs and
non-gs, since most of the gs questions have nothing whatsoever to do
with older apples. The problem is that some of them DO. If you split
the list, either you're going to have people cross-posting to both
groups or you're going to have people on either side possibly missing
out or reading both groups anyway.

My suggestion is NOT to split the list, but for posters to specifically
state in the subject header to whom the article might be directed -
gs owners, older // owners, or both. This includes updating the
subject header for replies if the subject starts to deviate. If everyone
tries to do this, it is easy for us to separate the uninteresting
mail from the useful stuff, according to the personal preference of
the reader (as opposed to the personal preference of the poster or
anyone else).

Andy