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From: iverson AT lionheart DOT com (Tim Iverson)
Subject: Re: Too Much Mail Volume
1 Dec 1997 23:40:30 -0800 :
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I don't like the alt.* idea.  I don't get (and don't want) any of the
alt.* groups, so putting it there puts it out of my reach.  IMHO, the only
stuff that belongs in alt.* is that which no one wants anyway.  If this
list falls into that category, then it should not be moved to a newsgroup.


- Tim Iverson
  iverson AT lionheart-com


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| Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 08:28:38 -0600 (CST)
| From: Norm Peterson <norm AT comanche DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
| To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
| Subject: Re: Too Much Mail Volume
| 
| On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Peter Yeh wrote:
| > I second the idea of moving this mailing list to a newsgroup.  
| > 
| > >This mailing list has so much volume that I think we would be better
| > >served with a newsgroup to move the traffic and to provide a FAQ.
| 
| How about just dropping into one of the alt.* hierarchy?  From what I
| understand, you don't need to have any of the voting (or any particular
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