DAVISM@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael T. Davis) (02/13/90)
Apparently, only the INFO-ATARI8 side of the "newsgroup" will die.
How this affects the actual newsgroup (as opposed to the mailing list)
comp.sys.atari.8-bit, I don't know. (Explanations anyone?) It does seem
a good idea to inquire of the "powers that be" concerning the possible
demise of comp.sys.atari.8-bit, which I understand has already been performed.
In my last message, I made a statement concerning how comp.sys.atari-8-bit
would go the way of ANTIC and ANALOG; suffice to say that ANTIC has a ways
to go before it suffers the same fate as ANALOG. I'm sorry for any confusion
this may have caused.
Mike
P.S. Thanks to Michael Current for forwarding information to help me
straighten things out for myself.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (02/16/90)
[DAVISM@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael T. Davis) writes ... ] > Apparently, only the INFO-ATARI8 side of the "newsgroup" will die. > How this affects the actual newsgroup (as opposed to the mailing list) > comp.sys.atari.8-bit, I don't know. (Explanations anyone?) It affects comp.sys.atari.8-bit not at all. To my knowledge, there has not been any proposal to issue a rmgroup for this newsgroup. I try to keep a close eye on news.admin, news.sysadmin and news.announce.newgroups. (I dropped news.groups during the alt.fishies flame wars, so almost anything could be there and I might not know about it.) It may be that the number of systems carrying the group is shrinking because system administrators don't think it's worth carrying, but that's another matter. No site is ever forced to carry any newsgroup. [ACSCHW@SEMASSU.BITNET (Day Of The Dove) writes ... ] > Hello again, > > Since it looks like the list will be discontinued, anyone wishing to > stay in touch, please mail your net adress to me (and the net you are > using, should this message get beyond BITNET) and I will compile a list > and then if you also want, I can send you this compiled list after it is > completed. Please, if you want to keep in touch with everyone, a list seems > to be the only way to go (unless we get really lucky and find another site). > > Mail your network mailing adresses to: > > ACSCHW@SEMASSU > > If your not on bitnet, and can't seem to get through, a friend of mine on a > Unix machine mails through GARP at MIT, and UCBVAX at BERKELEY > Again, the problem seems to be related to BITnet lists, and not to the main body of Usenet. Messages like this are quite confusing to those of us on the non-BITnet side of the fence. Come to think of it, BITnet itself is confusing from this side. Maybe from that side, too. :-) -- Steve Yelvington at the (thin ice today*) lake in Minnesota UUCP path: ... umn-cs.cs.umn.edu!thelake!steve *16 cars through the ice so far this year! Yes, you, too, can have that sinking feeling....
Justin_Randall_Padawer@cup.portal.com (02/19/90)
Please don't let this board die... :(
jrd@STONY-BROOK.SCRC.SYMBOLICS.COM (John R. Dunning) (02/19/90)
Date: 16 Feb 90 07:24:36 GMT
From: cs.umn.edu!thelake!steve@ub.d.umn.edu (Steve Yelvington)
[...]
Again, the problem seems to be related to BITnet lists,
No. As has been explained before, it's the Internet mailing list that's
shutting down. The Usenet newsgroup is maintained by whoever maintains
such things, same for BITNET or any other places to which these messages
get redistributed.
and not to the
main body of Usenet. Messages like this are quite confusing to those of
us on the non-BITnet side of the fence.
We've tried to be very clear about what's what. The Internet mailing
list "Info-Atari8" (and Info-Atari16) is shutting down. It's due to
lack of a host on which to do the processing of messages, not due to
lack of interest. The Usenet, Bitnet etc lists are not directly
affected by this, just recipients of the Info-Atari8 mailing list.
Hope that alleviates the confusion.Metalist@cup.portal.com (Bryan Jones Woodworth) (02/20/90)
Excuse me, I am a new user. What the heck are you talking about?? What user group will be ended?? Or not ended?? I am puzzled. The usegrup on PORTAL/USENET? Metalist/Bryan Jones Woodworth
pm16579@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (02/23/90)
What is a Metalist?
Do you mean "Mentalist", as in psychic,
or one who listens to heavy metal music,
or the user of a system "Meta-List"?
just curious,
Paulito