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In the "Time to split" thread, many participants (primarily Mac users) want
to split the group into a Mac component and a DOS component.

I think a primary motivation is that people who are subscribed to the
mailing list get a lot of irrelevant mail. 

I think this problem is of less concern for those who--instead of
subscribing to the mailing list--use the alternative access mode: read the
Usenet newsgroup "bit.listserv.endnote". For these folks, there's no mail
clogging up their mailboxes. Also, only the message headers are actually
transferred to their machine automatically; the messages themselves are
only trasferred upon explicit request.

What I'm curious about is how many of the mailing list subscribers _could_
instead read the Usenet newsgroup. (I.e. how many of these users have
access to a Usenet news server?)

My point is this: perhaps a lot of the drive toward splitting could be
defused if the mailing list subscribers simply shifted to Usenet. (If
you're not already reading Usenet newsgroups, you might be amazed at how
much is out there. And at how your productivity will fall due to trying to
read it all!)

So I propose to run a poll. I will summarize the results I have received
through Sun. August 15th and post them back to this group. 

The easiest way to respond is simply to "Reply" to this message, cut out
all quoted material above the dotted line and indicate with "Y"s and "N"s,
or whatever, in the blanks your response to the questions.

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 \_|IM RATLIFF
   Dept. of Economics
   University of Arizona
   jratliff@bpavms.bpa.arizona.edu

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____  I currently read the Usenet newsgroup bit.listserv.endnote.

(If "No" to this question, skip to the section after the row of asterisks.)

____  I prefer that the group be split into Mac and DOS subgroups.

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____  I currently subscribe to the endnote listserv mailing list.

____  I did not previously know about the existence of the Usenet
newsgroup.

____  I have access to Usenet. (Yes, No, Don't Know)

____  I DO have access to Usenet, BUT I prefer to subscribe to the mailing
list.

____  I prefer that the group be split into Mac and DOS subgroups.

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