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From: tim@ora.UUCP (Tim O'Reilly)
Newsgroups: news.misc,misc.misc,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Mailing lists and the pathalias database...
Summary: We are interested, are you?
Message-ID: <1443@ora.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 89 15:51:40 GMT
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In article <5958@mailgw.cc.umich.edu>, emv@a.cc.umich.edu (Ed Vielmetti) writes:
> I am quite sure that if you could turn the comp.mail.maps postings
> into an attractive laser-printed format, with a reasonable index
> in the back, that you could sell such a phone book for several times
> the cost of production.  If it were indexed well enough I would even
> consider asking the local library to buy one.
> 
> Sounds like something that the Nutshell folks might consider.

This sure sounds like a good idea to me.  We are currently
working on a directory of key international links, but I'd
love to turn comp.mail.maps into a printed directory if
there's enough interest.  

Please let me know what you think, preferably by e-mail--I 
will post a summary.  Please include opinions about how often 
such a directory ought to be updated, its format, what kind 
of cross-referencing would be most useful, whether you think 
we need to ask everyone's permission to include their address 
in a printed directory (or if it is already implicitly published by its
availability on the net), and anything else you can think of
that might be helpful in making such a directory a success.
Last but not least, tell me how much you would be willing to 
pay for such a directory, so that I can evaluate the
economic feasibility.


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