From: weiku AT utkux DOT utcc DOT utk DOT edu (Wei Ku) Subject: Re: Newsgroup proposal (was: Too Much Mail Volume) 3 Dec 1997 22:26:06 -0800 Message-ID: <01bd001c$a3fe53c0$9a12a980.cygnus.gnu-win32@wku1.utk.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: I agree with you ! If there will be a vote. I'd prefer to make it a newsgroup. Wei Ku -----Original Message----- From: Tim Iverson To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Date: Wednesday, December 03, 1997 11:56 AM Subject: Re: Newsgroup proposal (was: Too Much Mail Volume) >Hmmm. Most of the newsgroups I read have less traffic than this mailing >list, so those that say they're on bigger lists just makes me wonder about >the wisdom of not moving those to newsgroups also. > >IMHO, mailing lists are best when the information is either confidential or >of value to only a select population. This is an open list, so the former >doesn't apply and judging from the volume, neither does the latter. > >A filtering MUA is not the answer -- we already use those. The problem is >the volume itself. As it stands now, *I* am basically the expire process >for my own little gnu-win32 newsgroup. I would far prefer that this was >offloaded onto a real newsgroup. > >Anyway, I'm just whining here. I don't have the time or resources to setup >a gateway, or I'd vote the old-fashioned way, and just do it. I'm hoping >someone else out there does have the time. ;) > >There are more comments inline ... > >- Tim Iverson > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".