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Una Smith (una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu) wrote:
: geert@panix.com (Geert K. Marien) writes:

: >... a gateway to rec.railroad would drive everyone away. ...

: Neither Jonathan Grobe nor I proposed gating RAILROAD to rec.railroad.

   Jonathan DID ask why not gate to rec.railroad ...  

: My point is that, as there is about to be an entire hierarchy devoted
: to railroad newsgroups, it would make good sense for the RAILROAD
: mailing list to be represented by a gated newsgroup in that hierarchy.

   You do mean "as their is about to be a vote and the possibility of an 
entire hierarchy devoted to railroads is under consideration", don't you?
As the misc. idea is a bad one, IMHO, and I know *MANY* people who will be 
voting against it, don't assume that it will pass.  It represents a 
significant LOSS in service to people.  As I stated before, I don't want 
to be a part of something that will negatively impact service to the 
people on my list.  Bit.Listserv.Railroad is leaps-and-bounds better for 
my list.  Being part of a poorly distributed misc. hierarchy is not my 
idea of better service for my customers - all of them, not just the 
privileged few.

: I think what you want is a bi-directional gateway involving a standard
: *moderated* newsgroup in which the "moderator" address is the mailing
: list.  The mailing list can then be moderated or not, as you like, and
: you will retain full control, as though the pair were just a simple
: mailing list without a newsgroup attached.

   Yes, exactly.  Thanks!

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