msb@lsuc.UUCP (01/12/85)
Since there doesn't seem to be anyone particularly responsible for
keeping track of groups in the Ontario distribution, I thought I'd
send this out. Following is the list of groups that appear to exist
under "ont" at the moment, and my definitions for them.
ont.general Articles of general interest for all Ontario sites
ont.events Special lectures, seminars, shows, etc.
ont.jobs Job announcements, requests, etc.
ont.micro * Micro computers of all kinds.
ont.micro.mac * Apple MacIntosh micros.
ont.singles * Newsgroup for single people, their activities, etc.
ont.test Network testing
ont.uucp Messages of interest to uucp administrators
I think that the 3 groups marked * should be considered as candidates
for elimination. In each case there is a corresponding "net" group,
which gets more traffic. Also, in each case, the subjects are such that
a reader isn't likely to want to segregate incoming articles that are
from "ont" and that are from "net". If you want to restrict distribution
of an outgoing article, Distribution: works now. So let's dump these 3 groups.
MAIL responses to {utzoo,utcs,utcsrgv,dciem,nrcaero}!lsuc!msb.msb@lsuc.UUCP (01/24/85)
The reactions seem to have stopped coming in regarding my suggestion to
eliminate three groups in the ont distribution.
I think there is enough support for ont.micro to allow it to live on for now,
though I still don't think personally that it is necessary. For further
comments see the group.
Ont.micro.mac was originally created for the purpose now served by fa.info-mac,
and nobody has cried out for it to live. Neither has anybody cried out for
ont.singles to live. The only messages posted to either group since I
proposed their elimination were followups to my proposal and were cross-
posted to ont.micro anyway; so in effect these groups have no traffic.
Final warnings are being posted to the two groups individually.
The clock is ticking -- they will probably be removed in a week.
Mark Brader -- {utzoo,utcs,utcsrgv,dciem,nrcaero}!lsuc!msb.