Usenet News

A thread of 2 messages, 9 February 1990 to 14 February 1990, in the order they were sent.

#976 Usenet News

Peter Colby bldg 4-1 · 9 February 1990

        I have been following the proposals to turn TML into a newsgroup.
Now I think that newsgroups are great.... except when news breaks down;
which is does around here a lot! So, currently at least I feel that the
TML should remain as a mailing list. Other issues to consider:
        Net Traffic: the number of messages going out on the list is much
less an indicator of net load than the number of recipients of the list.
If there are a large number of people scattered over a large number of
sites receiving this list than perhaps we really ought to consider the
change.
        Flaky news aside, another argument for NOT moving to news that has
already been expressed as the fact that email is less likely to be
buggered with than netnews - especially with the high and growing volume
of news these days.

        Just my 2 Cr. worth
        Peter Colby

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#1014 Re: Usenet News

James T Perkins · 14 February 1990 · reply to #976

Well, I must say that before Bart even sent out his suggestion about
newsifying the mailing list, I had just received a fresh piece of mail
from Gene Spafford (net god) about this very topic.  I explained the
list statistics to him and he agreed that I COULD turn the list into a
newsgroup.  Imagine how pleased I was that the TML decided to
spontaneously discuss the issue right when I was stewing over it!

Well, I really appreciate all of your thoughts on the matter.  While I
can still do it I will continue to adminster the list in its current
form.  I must say I am not too fond of the idea of opening the list to
be seen by all of usenet while I still moderate it, so I will keep away
from that for now.

Hopefully this list will not disappear in the next week.  My division
has a pending layoff and I'm sure I am not totally safe from the
probability of being laid off.  Wish me luck folks!

James

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