To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From: dh AT acme DOT gen DOT nz
Subject: Re: start a news group!
Date: 24 Feb 94 15:57:16


DJ Delorie wrote:
> I propose the following newsgroups (in following the existing
> standards where applicable):
>
>        gnu.msdos.djgpp.announce
>        gnu.msdos.djgpp.bugs
>        gnu.msdos.djgpp.help
>        gnu.msdos.djgpp.help.new-user
>        gnu.msdos.djgpp.misc
>
> Linking these with mailing lists can be done later if the need arises.

Perhaps the djgpp mailing list could be split into 3 lists: djgpp-bugs,
djgpp-help, djgpp-misc (and possibly a fourth, djgpp-help-newuser) in
addition to the existing djgpp-announce, then each mailing list could be
two-way linked to the corresponding newsgroup (so that each reflects the
other).
If you have mailing lists and newsgroups which are not linked I expect
that a lot of stuff will get posted to both, but not everything will so
if I want to see everything I have to read the newsgroup and the mailing
list and put up with duplicate postings (which, in the case of the mailing
list, I am paying quite a bit for).