From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 22 22:09:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA13976 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 22:09:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from tombstone.sunrem.com (tombstone.sunrem.com [199.104.90.54]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA13967 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 22:09:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brandon@localhost) by tombstone.sunrem.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00755; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 23:08:26 -0700 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 23:08:26 -0700 (MST) From: Brandon Gillespie To: freebsd@freebsd.org Subject: newsgroups/mailing lists Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Arrg, I appologize if this is the incorrect list in followup to the thread which seemed dead; I have forgotten which list the newgroup 'split' thread was one. I just wanted to mention that the major proponent for splitting a group is volume. Right now the FreeBSD group really does not have the volume which will lend significance to a split proposal. However, the mailing lists do :) What I'd like to see is a majority of the lists being dropped to news, with perhaps a mail->news link. Not only would this give volume and meaning to having a split throughout the FreeBSD usenet heirarchy, but it would also mean that those not wishing to have the sheer volume of mail in their mailboxes, but who also do not want to miss something, would be able to just subscribe to the newsgroup, which one is usually able to handle/manage in a more leisurely fasion. Just a thought. I have seen setups before where the group is accessible through a mailing list, and it has worked out quite well... -Brandon Gillespie-