Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!bet From: bet@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: net.path, a proposed group Message-ID: <2067@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 14:13:23 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2067 Posted: Mon Feb 27 14:13:23 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 05:32:55 EST References: brunix.6711 Lines: 16 YES: the traffic exists, is isolated to a special class of question not suited to another group, and shows enough *lasting* interest to justify a group. The only possible difficulty is its effectiveness. How many people would *subscribe* to such a group? It wouldn't make interesting reading!!! Ideally, we should have not a newsgroup but a mail-based central path server. Lacking that, we can hope that enough people read net.all or feel altruistic to cause the net.path group to work. I suggest we create it and ask people to send mail to whoever creates it if they manage to find a path--that way we can see if it actually works, and get some feeling for how long it takes. Another point in its favor is the typical item would be extremely short--it would cost very little, in terms of transmission charges, for the number of messages carried. Bennett Todd ...{decvax,akgua,ihnp4}!mcnc!ecsvax!bet