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2 total messages Started by Edward Vielmetti Fri, 26 Jun 1992 16:10

#1601

Author: Edward Vielmetti
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 16:10

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The popular ARPANET mailing list "info-nets@think.com" is gatewayed
into Usenet at two spots: via the bit.listserv.infonets group, and
via the "info.nets" group.  I suspect quite strongly that there's
stuff being lost from one or the other group because of this.

Given how popular it is I suspect it would be quite easy to gateway
it into a mainstream group (comp.internet.info-nets? comp.mail.info-nets?)
by calling a vote question.  However in the meantime it would be
most useful to consolidate the gateway at one point.


Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
      Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI  48103 +1 313 741 1120

Re: bit.listserv.infonets / info.nets collision

#1602

Author: Jim McIntosh
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1992 17:56

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In article <12fficINNnig@nigel.msen.com>, emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti) says:
>The popular ARPANET mailing list "info-nets@think.com" is gatewayed
>into Usenet at two spots: via the bit.listserv.infonets group, and
>via the "info.nets" group.  I suspect quite strongly that there's
>stuff being lost from one or the other group because of this.
>
>Given how popular it is I suspect it would be quite easy to gateway
>it into a mainstream group (comp.internet.info-nets? comp.mail.info-nets?)
>by calling a vote question.  However in the meantime it would be
>most useful to consolidate the gateway at one point.

I should think that the thing to do would be to post to info-nets and say
"If you  read this group  on Usenet, which  newsgroup are you  reading it
in?" (and ask for the responses to be mailed back to you). If the results
show no one is reading it on  Usenet, then the whole question is moot. If
one group or the other is more widely read, then the less widely read one
should be closed while  you compose your CFD on the  group in the comp.**
hierarchy. We don't get info.nets here (and didn't even know such a group
existed) and so didn't know  about the duplicate gateways. I, personally,
read the info-nets traffic in the bit.listserv.infonets newsgroup.
---
Jim McIntosh (jim@american.edu)
The American University
Washington DC 20016-8019 USA

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