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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam)
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Subject: Re: Divisions of net.unix*
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Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 01:02:14 EST
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> There is a BIG problem with splitting net.unix*, something people seem to
> be forgetting.
> 
> It is called the ARPAnet. A good percentage of the volume of
> net.unix-wizards and net.unix comes off of the arpanet, and the arpanet
> gets everything funneled back up to it. 
>       ...If you post something to net.unix.wizards.games.zork.hints, it is
> easy to simply ship that to INFO-UNIX-WIZARDS on the net, but how does
> something come back? and where? Unless you can get someone like Mark Shaney
> to read each message and move it into the appropriate group, about half of
> the messages will still show up in unix-wizards when they come off of ARPA,
> and a lot of responses will get lost because of the group shift.

So its function would apparrently evolve into 'fa.unix-wizards'.

I doubt people would stop using net.unix-wizards.  People can post to
net.unix-wizards and net.unix.{dev,shell,clib} simulaneously, if they
like.

Perhaps some software solution could deal with the ARPAnet problem.
If there is some what ARPA users could specify for our benefit
which subgroup to post the article to, that would be sufficient.

Does the ARPAnet produce that much traffic to net.unix-wizards?
Is a software solution not possible?
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