aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg) (12/02/89)
With all the groups getting created left and right, how about if we get rid of some of the groups no longer needed? rec.mag.fsfnet for instance, has little readership, effectively no traffic, and is taking a few bytes up of storage at thousands of sites. Let's rmgroup it! Let's do the same with a few more! (like comp.sys.ridge). I don't think a procedure was ever established for removing a group, so how about this: we'll talk about it for a few weeks, and if no one strenuously objects, and no traffic starts up in rec.mag.fsfnet, a rmgroup will be issued? aem -- a.e.mossberg / aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu / aem@umiami.BITNET / Pahayokee Bioregion Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. - Albert Einstein
matoh@sssab.se (Mats Ohrman) (12/04/89)
aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg) writes: >I don't think a procedure was ever established for removing a group, >so how about this: we'll talk about it for a few weeks, and if no >one strenuously objects, and no traffic starts up in rec.mag.fsfnet, >a rmgroup will be issued? r.m.f is the place for a regularily occuring posting of a short story magazine, which, just as rec.mag.otherrealms, has outgrown its mailing list. It is also one that I personally appreciate (also like Otherrealms). Because of that nature, postings is far apart, but they do exist. I think it is very probable that there will be other similar groups for "electronic magazines" that do outgrow their mailing lists. Look at "Athene" or "Quanta" (Which btw impressed me very much with the quality its first issue). I don't think it is a very good idea with postings like: "Yes, this group exists and is active, but you have to wait <n> weeks for the next issue of <nn>" just to keep those that don't know anything about the group happy. :-) :-) (Kind of reminds me of: "You have to spend the whole budget or it will be cut next year..." :-) ) _______________________________________________________________________________ _ _ disclaimer: [dis'kleimo] (s:) fornekande, dementi. _______________________________________________________________________________ _ : matoh@sssab.se / Mats Ohrman, : {mcvax,munnari,uunet}!sunic!sssab!matoh Scandinavian System Support AB, : Phone: Nat. 013-11 16 60 Box 535, S-581 06 Linkoping, Sweden : Int. +46 13 11 16 60
kjones@talos.uucp (Kyle Jones) (12/05/89)
a.e.mossberg writes: > With all the groups getting created left and right, how about if > we get rid of some of the groups no longer needed? rec.mag.fsfnet > for instance, has little readership, effectively no traffic, and > is taking a few bytes up of storage at thousands of sites. Let's > rmgroup it! This rec.mag.fsfnet isn't in our active file here. It is in the newsgroups file though.
davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen) (12/05/89)
Most of the rec.mag groups are limited to one posting per month, and
are electronic magazines which have gotten too big for their mailing
lists. It is a good use of bandwidth to make these postings, since the
mail imposes a larger load at some point. I will let some of the
backbone people comment on where that point is, but it's lower than the
readership of these groups.
bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -meaem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg) (12/05/89)
In article <1989Dec4.103151.22749@sssab.se> matoh@sssab.se (Mats Ohrman) writes: >r.m.f is the place for a regularily occuring posting of a short story >magazine, which, just as rec.mag.otherrealms, has outgrown its mailing >list. Regularly occuring? The last posting in the group was about a month ago (it's no longer anywhere around here) and was not fsf. It was some question that had nothing to do with it, if I recall correctly. The electronic magazine, if it still exists, could better be put directly in rec.mag Having a separate group for a magazine which appears less than monthly doesn't make any sense. Maybe I should call for votes for a rec.mag.sfer ust because it comes out monthly? aem -- a.e.mossberg / aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu / aem@umiami.BITNET / Pahayokee Bioregion The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life or of the work. - Yeats