mwm@cuuxb.UUCP (10/09/86)
In article <8609302105.AA05950@cbosgd.ATT.COM> mark@cbosgd.att.com (Mark Horton) writes: >>My host spends >>90% of it's time on the ARPAnet sending and receiving INFO-THIS, and INFO-THAT. >>Also, I have multiple users receiving the same message from INFO-WHATEVER >>as separate TCP connections to my host. > >If the ARPANET mailing lists do turn out to be the cause of the problem, >I'd like to suggest a possible solution: Netnews. ... >The major problems with using netnews on the ARPA Internet have >historically been ... >(2) Many users prefer to keep their mail and news lumped together >in their mailbox. Recent versions of the MH mail handler allow you to read news with your mail program(s); most easily under 4.xBSD with symbolic links from your mail directory into news directory's.