msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) (01/12/85)
These newsgroups are proposed for deletion. See the referenced article in can.general. MAIL responses to {utzoo,utcs,utcsrgv,dciem,nrcaero}!lsuc!msb. Mark Brader
nixon@utcsrgv.UUCP (Brian Nixon) (01/25/85)
A volume of traffic is a good reason to create a separate newsgroup. On the other hand, a low volume is not necessarily a good reason to remove a group. If you don't receive any mail for a week, how would you feel if the letter carrier cemented-over your mailbox? Is there any cost associated with retaining a newsgroup? The consensus here is to retain at least can.ai . There are some mixed feelings re can.ai.cscsi . Yves Lesperance, Brian Nixon and Taro Shibahara utcsrgv!lesperan utcsrgv!nixon utcsrgv!utai!taro Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1A4 -- Brian Nixon
phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman) (01/27/85)
I agree with Brian Nixon, et al. The Canadian groups take up very little space on one's disk: a few bytes in everyone's .newsrc and a couple of more in the active file. Big Deal. Many more bytes of senseless discussion is going on back and forth attempting to convince people that these groups should be deleted. I vote that they be kept in case they are needed sometime in the future. I also vote that one person shouldn't be dictatorial about rm'ing them. -- Phyllis Eve Bregman CSRI, Univ. of Toronto {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsrgv!phyllis CSNET: phyllis@toronto