Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: news.misc,news.groups Subject: Re: rec.gambling is a big loser Message-ID: <2096@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 14:17:29 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2096 Posted: Sun Jul 12 14:17:29 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 01:49:29 EDT References: <577@cblpf.ATT.COM> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 37 Xref: mnetor news.misc:758 news.groups:1237 In article <577@cblpf.ATT.COM> ege@cblpf.ATT.COM (Ernie Englehart) writes: > Well, it looks like rec.gambling is a big loser. I got about three > yes votes and about ten no votes. > > I found extremely interesting the discussions that have followed regarding > the "right" or "privledge" or "ability" of people to post articles to > certain groups, or to create new groups. > > If an individual can control which newsgroups he wants to read, via the > .newsrc file, then why can't a machine have a similar file? The machine > ought to be able to toss out those articles that he does not want, or > to specify a list of newsgroups to be accepted, and reject all others. > This ought to solve people's objections to new groups due to the volume > of articles that could be posted. This is being done, however the whole purpose of creating a newsgroup is to obtain widespread distribution, so one would have to think twice about creating a group that many sites would have serious reservations about receiving or passing on. > Creating a mail.gambling group is a great idea, but I don't have the time > or resources to manage something like that effectively. This is perhaps the key item. If *you* don't have the time or resources to support this topic you feel is worthwhile, why do you expect some hundreds/thousands of news administrators to devote any particular incremental time and resources to it? If you expected hundreds of list members, you might have a point, but I doesn't require much effort to maintain a list less than 100 members, which might be a reasonable transition point for reconsidering the creation of a newsgroup... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)