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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: Re: soc.human-nets, and removing groups in general
Message-ID: <3392@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 13 Mar 89 15:23:39 GMT
References: <2091@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <2091@helios.ee.lbl.gov>, jef@ace.ee.lbl.gov (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
> Suggestion: after a few months with no traffic, a moderated group
> should be changed to free, with the change announced in the group to
> see if any discussion gets going.  I suppose it would also be polite to
> send mail to the moderator noting the change.

The first thing you should do is contact the moderator and find out why the
group is inactive. I am currently involved in a discussion with one guy who
rmgrouped 'alt.sources.amiga' because it was inactive. He didn't post any
messages to alt.config beforehand, and didn't have the common courtesy to
send me a message asking about the lack of activity.

Alt.sources.amiga is basically a backup group to allow for the periodic
lapses in comp.sources.amiga. It doesn't have as much distribution as the
regular group, but I do provide fast turnaround and testing. Right now
Bob Page is doing a decent job with the regular group, so there's no need
for me to post stuff. Moderating a group is a tough job, though, so I
expect he'll eventually need a vacation...
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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