kak@stc-auts.UUCP (Kris Kugel) (02/05/88)
My basic objection with a unixpc mailing list is with efficency through the net. For example, the machines near the mail list's source will have to collectively handle (N * articles) uucp transfers, where N is number of people on the mailing list. Compare this with the cost of news articles distributed and stored on machines where they are unread. Mail can be *much* more expensive in uucp transfers for a group with wide readership. The usefulness of reading the net goes down as the noise level goes up; duplicate articles are a form of noise. Rather than gatewaying to comp.sys.att, I'd like to see the unix-pc groups gatewayed to comp.sys.unix-pc and ...unix-pc.src instead, and then sites need only carry the articles once. I would like standard unix-pc group names to exist, but I would prefer the names to match the current naming scheme on the network. (sorry for notes users, but they should be running two-way gateways mapping external long group names to local unique 14-char names anyway. people who don't like long names can do the same) Kris A. Kugel Storage Tek: ...{ uunet!nbires, hao, ihnp4 }!stcvax!stc-auts!kak
scott@zorch.UU.NET (Scott Hazen Mueller) (02/07/88)
In article <245@stc-auts.UUCP> kak@stc-auts.UUCP (Kris Kugel) writes: >Rather than gatewaying to comp.sys.att, I'd like to see the unix-pc groups >gatewayed to comp.sys.unix-pc and ...unix-pc.src instead, and then sites need >only carry the articles once. This is a reasonable proposal. As the/a gateway site (currently running the unix-pc/Mail gateway), I'm perfectly willing to support this. It achieves the objective of providing wider readership for Unix-PC material without raising the volume of comp.sys.att and also makes a bidirectional gateway possible. May I suggest that we discuss and refine this proposal for one or two weeks and then conduct a vote? > Kris A. Kugel > Storage Tek: ...{ uunet!nbires, hao, ihnp4 }!stcvax!stc-auts!kak \scott -- Scott Hazen Mueller scott@zorch.UU.NET (408) 245-9461 (pyramid|tolerant|uunet)!zorch!scott