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I prefer the email list, only because I use procmail. What a beautiful
thing. If I want to look at the mail from this or any group, I look at the
mail. If not, I don't have to be bothered by it. :) Procmail: The handler
of choice....ah, refreshing.
Ok, Im done now, sorry, it's friday.....
Adam
Ed Gatzke wrote:
> I don't know how easy this would be to get together, but can you mirror
> the
> contents of a newsgroup and send them to a mailing list? As well as
> posting
> any list mail to the newsgroup? Some people like checking news, some
> like
> getting mail. There should be a decent way to work them both.
>
> I personally am a moderate. I like to see more than the monthly
> announcements, but less than a full-blown 10 email a day discussion.
> Having
> the discussion archived in a newsgroup would be great for me.
>
> Ed
>
> "John A. Simkiss, III" wrote:
>
> > Not only is e-mail more timely, but it requires less effort on the
> part of
> > us lurkers....
> >
> > jas3
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael W. Ryan <mryan@netaxs.com>
> > To: PLUG@lists.nothinbut.net <PLUG@lists.nothinbut.net>
> > Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 2:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: sorry...
> >
> > >LeRoy D. Cressy writes:
> > > > I think that this should be briught up at the meeting on
> > > > Nov. 4. One of the things that might be instituted is a
> > > > news group for plug. IE comp.os.plug.announce. Possibly
> > > > this news group could be limited to just isp's in the Philly
> > > > area.
> > > >
> > > > These are just suggestions and let me know what you think.
> > >
> > >This would entail getting a newsgroup created, even if it's limited
> > >distribution, in one of the main hierachies. This wouldn't be worth
> > >the effort. If you want to go this route, I'd suggest trying to
> > >create a newsgroup in the Philadelphia hierarchy (phl. or phil., I
> > >don't remember which). I'll also point out propogation delays
> > >inherent in news. Email winds up being much more timely.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Michael W. Ryan | OTAKON Webmaster
> > >mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Ed Gatzke http://udel.edu/~gatzke
> Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
> gatzke@che.udel.edu (302) 831-0835, fax 831-1048
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Adam
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