Re: Regarding the splitting up of mailing lists

[Scott Yellig <syellig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now THAT is a damned fine idea.

Would you suggest keeping a mailing list for announcements?

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On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Bruce Smith wrote:

> There is another way to do this, that nobody has mentioned yet.
> 
> We could do away with chatter on the mailing list by running our
> own news server on the KLUG box.  Keep the mailing list just for
> announcements (maybe restrict it), and start our own newsgroup(s)
> to talk about Linux.
> 
> I personally find a newsgroup easier to read than a mailing list
> because you can get a list of messages sorted by thread, and nuke
> threads that are not of interest.  (like going to Gateway! :)
> 
> Questions, comments, flames . . .  ?
> 
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> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
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