Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!ge-rtp!edison!rja From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: 6386 users mailing list Keywords: mailing list 63xx Message-ID: <1749@edison.GE.COM> Date: 15 Dec 88 12:58:21 GMT References: <784@m10ux.UUCP> <272@ssbn.WLK.COM> Organization: GE-Fanuc North America Lines: 20 In article <272@ssbn.WLK.COM>, bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy) writes: > >Why not create a private 6386 newsgroup similar to the unix-pc one? > > > >Dave Berk > > That's an interesting idea. Interesting because each time that I have polled > the 63xx mailing list about becomeing a newsgroup it has been soundly defeated, > most recently by 60-2. I'm not sure why they are so adamant about it but I > have quit asking. I think the objection comes in part from fear of losing the currently wonderful signal-to-noise ratio. I'd like to suggest that perhaps it would be a useful service to digest the articles and post a weekly digest for each list or them all together. The folks who run the AT&T 3Bx (not 3B1, but all the rest) list started doing so and that has been helpful to folks who get news but don't have good mail connections. rja@edison.ge.com / ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja