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In <31lro8$obh@spock.dis.cccd.edu> markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby) writes:

>A bidirectional mail<->news gateway is now under discussion for the listserv
>mailing list sorehand@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu.  Sorehand is a forum for discussion
>about Repetitive Strain Injuries, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, alternative
>keyboards, ergonomics, and workman's compensation / insurance / disability
>legal issues.

>If no significant objections are raised within 7 days, the newsgroup 
>bit.listserv.sorehand will be established and gatewayed to/from the mailing 
>list.
I think it's a great idea.  I subscribe to sorehand but would prefer to
use a newgroup instead of e-mail.

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There is already a newsgroup for discussion of this and related
issues:  sci.med.occupational.

Does SOREHAND merit the addition of a gateway and distribution
to tens of thousands of Usenet sites?  How many subscribers does
SOREHAND have now?  How much traffic?

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	Una Smith			smith-una@yale.edu

Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT  06520-8104  USA

In article <31mqf1$6mi@news.ycc.yale.edu>,
Una Smith <una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu> wrote:
>There is already a newsgroup for discussion of this and related
>issues:  sci.med.occupational.

I subscribe to both sorehand and s.m.o, and s.m.o seems to be overly broad in
scope, with much lower traffic.  S.m.o might feel overwhelmed if sorehand were
to gate there.

>Does SOREHAND merit the addition of a gateway and distribution
>to tens of thousands of Usenet sites?

Sorehand merits distribution to thousands of sites where millions of daily
keyboard users are at risk for seriously injuring themselves.  I used to think
it could never happen to me until it eventually did.

>How many subscribers does SOREHAND have now?

500+

>How much traffic?

Seems to average about 20+ per day.
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In article <31of1j$j8b@spock.dis.cccd.edu>, markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby) says:
>In article <31mqf1$6mi@news.ycc.yale.edu>,
>Una Smith <una@doliolum.biology.yale.edu> wrote:
>>There is already a newsgroup for discussion of this and related
>>issues:  sci.med.occupational.
>
>I subscribe to both sorehand and s.m.o, and s.m.o seems to be overly broad in
>scope, with much lower traffic.  S.m.o might feel overwhelmed if sorehand were
>to gate there.

Why not post there and ask them before going through the bother and
the expense of setting up a new newsgroup. A gateway can very
simply be added to an existing newsgroup.

Jim McIntosh (jim@american.edu)
The American University
Washington DC 20016-8019 USA