Subject:	Re: newsgroups vs. mail
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 1994 09:39:53 +0100 (MET)
From:	Henrik Storner <storner AT olicom DOT dk>

> 
> > The mail list is quite satisfactory and is available
> > to all participants -- experts and newbies alike.  The first
> > rule of mental health is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
> 
> If it works, don't improve it?  For some of us, the mailing list isn't "quite
> satisfactory".  The volume is high and it's often difficult to sort mailing
> list mail from personal mail.

Quite so. I had the dubious pleasure of being on vacation, when 1.11
came out - when I got back, there were some 200+ DJGPP related messages in
my inbox, intermixed with 5-or-so personal messages. Had the DJGPP stuff
been in a newsgroup, it would have been so much easier to sort through.
-- 
Henrik Storner        | "The effort of using machines to mimic the human mind
(storner AT olicom DOT dk)   |  has always struck me as rather silly. I would rather
System Engineering    |  use them to mimic something better."
Olicom Denmark        |                                   Edsger Dijkstra.

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