Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lethe!tvcent!andrew From: andrew@tvcent.uucp (Andrew Cowie) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: Stupid reposting service Message-ID: <1989Dec20.182349.8291@tvcent.uucp> Date: 20 Dec 89 18:23:49 GMT References: <10282@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> <5343@omepd.UUCP> <1989Dec17.041155.11834@sq.sq.com> <3dXJ028z75s201@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <1989Dec19.015853.18002@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Reply-To: andrew@tvcent.UUCP (Andrew Cowie) Distribution: na Organization: TVC Enterprises Lines: 14 In article <1989Dec19.015853.18002@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> trier@shasta.UUCP (Stephen Trier) writes: >in digest format, giving only the critical information? (Critical information >being: What is it? Why is it worthwhile? What is its message ID?) > >Something like this, on a weekly basis, could make it easier to find the >sources, while avoiding the network bandwidth being gobbled by the reposts. How about an extention to the weekly posting to alt.sources.index? BTW, It would be nice if alt.sources.index had a brief description of what the programs do, IMHO. -- Andrew F. Cowie at TVC Enterprises, Toronto, Canada. uunet!mnetor!lethe!tvcent!andrew andrew@tvcent.uucp