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From: epeschko AT elmer DOT tci DOT com (Ed Peschko)
Subject: Re: This mail list in a news group
19 Jan 1997 17:57:54 -0800 :
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> Keet <Keetnet AT wilmington DOT net> wrote:
> 
> > >comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.gnu-win32
> > >comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32.gnu-win32
> > >cygnus.public.gnuccplusplusnt95win32.chat
> > >
> > 
> > why so complex? not everyone who uses Cygnus GNU is a rocket scientist.
> try
> > something simple like:
> > 
> > comp.cygnus.unix2win32
> > comp.compiler.cygnus.unix2win32
> > 
> > or something along those lines. short, to the point, and makes sense.
> 
> comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.* is where everything else Windowsish is. 
> The thought being that its might be easier to blend into the crowd there.
> 
> --
> Weiqi Gao
> weiqigao AT crl DOT com
> -
> For help on using this list, send a message to
> "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".
> 

I'm really ambivalent about this whole newsgroup thing. I've noticed that when
you put stuff in a newsgroup, it tends to makes the discussion less intelligent.

If people really need a way to handle the amount of messages, you can always
use something like procmail which automatically parses mail for you based on its
content.. into folders.

Ed
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