Date: Tue, 22 Feb 1994 15:00:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Hogan <bhogan AT crl DOT com>
Subject: RE: start a news group!
To: jbabcock <jbabcock AT netrix DOT com>
Cc: djgpp list <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>


  I think the best way to keep overly-eager newbies out of the mailing 
lists is (1) by having a newsgroup for newbies and (2) making it clear 
that newbie questions are not appropriately intermingled with messaging 
that is involved with matters of system maintenance and development.

 OTOH, linux-activists GEN is a good example of what happens when the 
corresponding .help newsgroup is allowed to languish, however: the 
channel gets flooded with messages that should have been posted in 
comp.os.linux.help!

 Not either-or, but both-and.

 Bill