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On Thu, 15 Dec 1994, Keith Moore wrote: > > I think this group has out grown the mailing list. It time to reconsider > > starting a group on usenet.... I woudl probably have to unsubscribe > > soon because of the traffic and the fact that my 750C is stable and the > > clutter in my inbox outways the benefits... If this group would exist as > > a usenet group, I wouls visit it once a week or so, glance over, read > > what I think I want to, respond, and done... > > I always find it odd when people complain about the volume here, and > the proposed solution is to move the discussion to usenet. Doing so > will surely not decrease the volume, and will surely increase the > noise-to-signal ratio! I agree! comp.sys.laptops gets cross-posted with all kinds of junk! Something that doesn't happen with E-Mail [snip] > 3. A 'digest' list (separate from the main one) which lumps > articles together in batches which are periodically sent out. An excellent suggestion! Another list I'm on offers a daily digest option - you can choose to receive the messages individually, or a single daily mailig containing ALL traffic that day. Advantage: you now have just one message to browse when you have time. Disadvantage: it's tough if you wish to reply to a particular message, as they are no longer distinct in your reader. > 4. A www browsable archive of the list, that anyone on the Internet > could peruse at his or her leisure. (so you don't actually have > to subscribe to the list to keep up) Also a good idea - a long-term resource available to the entire Net! > I'd be willing to invest my copious free time in any (perhaps > multiple) of these approaches. Keith - I think you'll find several folks (me included, if I can find time <g>) who'll help with administration tasks once the tech stuff is handled. [snip] > #3 is not too difficult to do here, and if lots of people want it I > will start working on it in earnest. > > #4 would only help people with good tcp/ip access. it would be very > useful...but it might not quite fit people's needs in this case. I > suspect tools for the web server already exist, it's just a matter of > finding them and getting the disk space... > > Keith > -- Adam Lee Wilkinson * Just remember, no matter where you go, adam@tiamat.umd.umich.edu * there you are! Compuserve: 75470,71 * - Buckaroo Bonzai