Re: mailing list versus newsgroup

Lennart Regebro (Lennart.Regebro@scs.no)
Thu, 6 Oct 1994 09:08:43 +0200

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>Why is this set up as a mailing list rather than a newsgroup? (Or is there a
>corresponding newsgroup?) I would prefer a newsgroup to avoid loading my
>mailbox when I am away on trips (something that occurs frequently). I am sure
>there is a good reason for the present setup, and I am curious to find out.

I don't know why, but I would actually preferr it to stay as a mailing list.
Reason? The signal to noise ratio. At the moment it's very low, but with a
newsgroup it would unfortunately get higher, since people that are not actually
maintaining a FAQ would start posting there.

As it is now, most people will not even hear about the mailing list until they
think about making a FAQ submission. This means that we only have 'serious'
subscribers, and a very high signal to noise ratio.

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