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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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Subject: Re: rec.gambling is a big loser
Message-ID: <2096@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 14:17:29 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 12 14:17:29 1987
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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...

-- 
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