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In article <1992Nov2.130646@mccall.com>, tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
[...]
>Don's list of reasons for coming here tell me that DECUServe is
> aware of the alternatives, has considered them, and has chosen VMSnet. If other
> units of DECUS have a problem with this, they'll have to take it up with
> DECUServe. Last time the flap was because we as a community made a decision that
> many felt undercut relevant portions of DECUS. That is clearly not the case
> here. People may complain, but if they complain to us, they are talking to the
> wrong people. 

I suppose vmsnet was chosen partly because I'm the only one on XCOM that knows
about the v.d.l flap :-) and I chose not to bring it up in the discussion.  
Though I suggested comp.org.decus, Joel Snyder actually recommended a new 
group in vmsnet as a better choice.  He recommended vmsnet.decus.dsjournal, but
I feel that is too obscure for a name, and, as there is no other decus journal,
we're not stepping on anyones toes.  Since Jeff has now posted that this should
not be a problem, and Jeff, through MC, is our boss, if they complain to
DECUServe they're complaining to the wrong people as well ;-)
> 
> I think we should. I'll wait a bit to see if there are any objections.

Thanks for your support, Terry.
> 
> On balance, it seems to me that the proposed name is the best compromise, 
> with the caveat that we may someday need to change the name to differentiate 
> among various decus activites, or to collect various decuserve activities, 
> in either case by renaming the group to vmsnet.decus.decuserve.journal.
> 
That's about what went through my head on this.  We discussed and rejected
asking for DECUServe newsgroups at this time, and it doesn't sound like that's
likely to change - why duplicate a working structure?  Another thought that
went through my mind when I decided this was the best name is that Joels
project* to restart the DECUS newsletters may well fit into that newsgroup as
one of its distribution routes.  We'll have to see what Joel thinks about that
:-).

> Don, creating a moderated group is a little more work, and takes a little
> longer, because I have to coordinate with Gene Spafford. Please send me the
> address that will be used to submit articles, and "administrative" address that
> will reach the moderator, and the moderator's actual name. 

Having only dealt with adding moderated newsgroups to my news server, I really
have no idea what is involved with setting up a moderated newsgroup.  Is it
normal to have a different address for submitting articles than an
administrative address, and if so, what is the nature of the difference?

*Joel is DECUS managing editor of the now defunct newsletters.  He has now
initiated a project to resurrect a more viable newsletter.  He has asked to use
DECUServe resources as the development platform for the new newsletter, and
we've agreed to support this.
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