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Date:         Mon, 12 May 1997 19:35:09 -0700
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From:         Chris McEwen <cmcewen@bigfoot.com>
Subject:      Re: change list to newsgroup?

Chet Douglas wrote:


> I like the idea of a newsgroup.  That way when I go away for the weekend
> I don't have 250 new mail messages waiting for me.


I'm a newbie around here, but I can agree with this.


> I suppose a list prevents alot of SPAM and unwanted junk mail....


Ever hear of a *moderated* news group? It works very much like this but
is a NG.


The one problem I can see is that everyone here had to ask to come in.
You can't even read the list much less respond if you don't pass muster.
But since a ng is so public, the moderator will be swamped with spam
that he'll have to wade through. We won't have the headaches getting
through the mail -- *he* will!


--Chris McEwen
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