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From: 6600pete@hub.UUCP (Pete Gontier)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: GEnie->Usenet may already be here
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Date: 10 Jan 90 20:13:49 GMT
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From article <15086@bfmny0.UU.NET>, by tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff):
> Once an email gateway is in place, GEnie users can join mailing
> lists (as CIS users can do now) which in turn can be gatewayed to
> newsgroups.  This may be all that's needed.

Hmmm. I can't imagine why I'd pay to stay online reading Info-Mac
in email when I could get to the rest of the BBS proper with a few
keystrokes. In fact, after a while, I'd unsubscribe, because the mail
volume would be too large. And who wants to post to two places to
contribute and/or request assistance?

> The usual argument for news over mailing lists is that the flood
> algorithm's more efficient over a distributed net, but with single
> point gateways and a black-box distribution within the commercial
> service, a mailing list is just as efficient.

OK, I'll asmit this is over my head, but I know I can point out that
what I said isn't the usual argument! What a relief. :-)
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