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From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@freeside.fc.net>
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Subject: Re: RealQuick Newsletter
In-Reply-To: <199806040443.VAA27751@implode.root.com> from David Greenman at "Jun 3, 98 09:43:19 pm"
To: dg@root.com (David Greenman)
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:54:28 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: grog@lemis.com, chrisc@vmunix.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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David Greenman babbled:
> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
> cc: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 21:43:19 -0700

> >On Wed,  3 June 1998 at 20:08:21 -0700, David Greenman wrote:
> >>    If this is going to be a regular feature, we should probably create another
> >> mailing list specifically for it - perhaps "quicknews@freebsd.org".
> >
> >YAML?  What's wrong with FreeBSD-announce?
> 
>    Many people who subscribe to -announce only want to hear about new
> releases, and don't care about miscellaneous news items. I don't want to
> lose those people from -announce just because we start sending out
> regular news bulletins.

I understand the concern, but don't agree with it.  This mini-newsletter
was very small, and mostly just "announced" web sites where good
information could be found.  It this first one is typical of what will
come, I'd prefer to see it in -announce.

YAO.


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