Aazure.510
net.news.group
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!teklabs!tekmdp!azure!curts
Wed Feb 10 12:33:34 1982
List of Newsgroups
I have received a lot of "direct" mail conscerning the list of newsgroups that
I volunteered to provide for USENET. Most of this mail has simply been about
corrections or additions to the grouplist. However, there has also been a
number of requests.

A couple of people have asked me to remove the dashed lines that separate each
entry within the list. It seems that these lines make the list a little
unpalatable, when one is trying to read it at home on a 300 baud modem.

Another request is a little more critical. It seems that there are a growing
number of people that want me to send the grouplist to a unique newsgroup. I
proposed this originally, but sent it to net.news.group after there were a
number of messages suggesting that we really didn't need another group.

However, someone has suggested that burying the list in net.news.group makes it
inconvenient to refer new readers to the list. They have to sift through all of
the material already in that group to find the list, in order to decide which
groups they would like to subscribe to. I think that this could place a limit
on the effectiveness of the list and I would like to again suggest that the
list be sent to net.grouplist.

I will remove the dashed lines from all forthcoming lists. I will also provide
a date in the subject header. I would like to hear from you about placing the
grouplist in net.grouplist.



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