fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) (05/17/85)
There have been some rumblings about moving the fa.* groups over to
mod.* groups to make things more consistent. It makes sense to me, and
since most of the fa.* groups are gatewayed through ucbvax (which I
maintain the netnews software on), I'm in a position to do it. What I
would like to hear from the worthy readers of this illustrious bastion
of the network community are arguments pro and con. My list so far looks
like this:
Pro:
The concept of moderation is well understood (if not appreciated)
by the network community.
Mod groups are properly supported by the network software.
This is toward a unified network (i.e. no distinction between
USENET and the ARPA INTERNET). This may alternately be viewed as
a con depending upon your point of view.
Con:
The current software works well, and to get the appropriate magic
cookie into the headers, I will have to hack recnews (I'm lazy,
just like everyone else).
Some administrative overhead (newgroup/rmgroup control messages
propagating around...).
Comments from the network community are solicited.
Erik E. Fair ucbvax!fair fair@ucb-arpa.ARPA
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