taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) (05/21/86)
> I am interested in starting a mod.sources.atari16 for the atari > 520ST, i am unsure how i go about doing this. Could someone please > give me the protocal for starting a new mod group ? Okay. Step one: DON'T JUST START A NEW GROUP! Step two: Instead; Either have people mail "votes" to you either supporting or screaming (typically) about the new group, Start a suitable mailing list (the method I prefer) and wait until the volume is suitable, Start a group on your machine (after local voting) and see how it goes. Step three: watch yourself... As a member of HP Labs, one of the so-called backbone sites on the network, I can guarantee that we'll look quite askance at lots of stuff going through our system dealing with the 520 - in a nutshell, why should we pay for some- thing that we can't possibly profit by? It's also doubt- full that a lot of HP engineers have STs (we're all sooo rich that we have our own Bobcat 20 systems, right? :-) This argument will hold true for just about any large system on the network... I refer you to a note posted in net.news.group about the cost to major companies of large notes files... Step four: moderate it You seem to have this covered. Good. Also, try to avoid the infinite re-post syndrome... Any other thoughts and/or feedback is welcome. -- Dave Taylor taylor@hplabs
rodrique@hplabs.UUCP (Mike Rodriquez) (05/22/86)
In article <21500001@hplabsc.UUCP>, taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) writes: > > > I am interested in starting a mod.sources.atari16 for the atari > > 520ST, i am unsure how i go about doing this. Could someone please > > give me the protocal for starting a new mod group ? > > Step three: watch yourself... > > As a member of HP Labs, one of the so-called backbone sites > on the network, I can guarantee that we'll look quite > askance at lots of stuff going through our system dealing > with the 520 .......... As an administrator for HPL, I just want to point out that any group that has been created via the appropriate procedures, including discussions in net.news.group, will not be treated any differently than any other 'legal' group. Mike "not Unknown@hplabs, *and* an ST owner" Rodriquez