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After creating and running the Univel mailing list for a couple of
months, I've found that:

a) mailing lists are a pain to maintain;

b) mailsurr is fine for plain stuff but could use some help with large
   lists;

c) some people would prefer to read/post their Univel information via
   Usenet news software rather than e-mail;

d) for others, Usenet access to the Univel list is either cheaper
   and/or politically easier to get;

In order to resolve these issues, I've obtained the code for listserv 6.0
(thanks, Anton!) and, according to its instructions, plan to have a long
coffee break soon so I can figure out how to use it. Once accomplished, I
intend to use its facilities to simplify administration of the mailing list.
I also intend to use listserv to gateway the list into a Usenet newsgroup,
biz.univel.misc.

Why biz.univel.misc?

I don't want to get deep into the mild flame war that almost started
when I first broke the idea of a newsgroup, and where it should go. When
the issue arose regarding SCO some time ago, the easiest and most
expedient way to create the group was under the until-then-almost-empty
biz hierarchy.

I don't want to get into endless debates about what biz is for, whether
a Univel list belongs in the mainstream, etc. I can't be bothered to
conduct a vote for a Univel group in comp.unix.whatever, and I don't
think it would win anyway. The Univel group/list is designed to cover
specific support/functionality/marketing issues specific to Univel.
Issues which are generic to System V Release 4, upon which it is based,
are to be dealt with in an existing newsgroup, comp.unix.sys5.r4.

The reality is that biz.sco.general works, and I'd rather have something
useful going soon, rather than spend a lot of time with folks whose lives
revolve around Usenet newsgroup-creation minutae.

Creating a group in biz does not require a vote from anyone. I want to
just make sure that there aren't any really good reasons for not going
ahead with this. This message is being cross-posted amongst groups where
there is interest in such subject matter, just so you won't be surprised
in a week or two when you see the newgroup message go around.

Many thanks to Ed Hew, for having broken the ground on this procedure with
the SCO groups, and whose advice and assistance has been invaluable.

Comments are welcome. If there is no great objection, I will create the
group just as soon as I have properly enabled and tested the gateway
mechanisms.
-- 
 Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd., located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
         evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!utzoo!telly!evan / (416) 452-0504
    The simple truth is that the truth is never simple -- Linda Ellerbee