Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!parsec!ctvax!uokvax!andree From: andree@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: hoo boy! (never again) - (nf) Message-ID: <5269@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jan-84 23:23:35 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5269 Posted: Mon Jan 30 23:23:35 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 06:50:28 EST Lines: 21 #R:cae780:-30500:uokvax:9300017:000:972 uokvax!andree Jan 28 23:45:00 1984 No, I didn't miss laura's point. She apparently overlooked my suggestion for what should be done with groups that fall into the catagory of: "small but offensive to some" - in other words things that generate <12 letters a year, but won't go anywhere else for some reason or another (does net.rec.nude qualify, laura? I haven't looked...) These should be moved out of USENET entirely, and become mailing lists ala the arpa-net lists (info-micro, info-cpm, etc.). Since they are small, maintanence shouldn't be much of a problem. Even forwarding messages by hand shouldn't be to hard, given a semi-reasonable mailer (the v6 mailer and a shell variable will do nicely, thank you.). I maintain a local micro list that generates significantly more mail than the threshold I mentioned above with no great problems (the user-base is smaller, though). Since there's already a list of currently active newsgroups, we even have a ready-made place to announce lists, etc.