Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Call for discussion: comp.sources.archives Summary: pick a posting, any posting ... Message-ID: <5653@rpp386.UUCP> Date: 20 Aug 88 21:59:58 GMT References:<222@pigs.UUCP> <6031@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <236@pigs.UUCP> <478@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) Organization: HASA, "S" Division Lines: 25 In article <389@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> greg%sentry@spar.slb.com (Greg Wageman) writes: >In all of the *moderated* comp.sources groups to which I subscribe, >the moderator periodically posts information regarding submissions and >archive sites. I have found a number of archive servers in this >manner without difficulty. not everyone can find an archive server, or even an archive. the very fact that archive listings for sources in the usenet archives are needed is the very existence of comp.sources.wanted. the trouble is, not everyone bothers to look through the moderated sources groups. i owe this thought to someone else - wading through all of the non-archive related info in comp.sources.wanted is a pain. this would centralize all of the archive requests into one newsgroup. it would also provide a forum for posting information regarding system down times, such as simtel20 which recently went down. all in all, i suggest anyone who thinks people are using the information which rich $alz and others provide should take a look at comp.sources.wanted to see how much attention people pay those postings. -- John F. Haugh II +--------- Cute Chocolate Quote --------- HASA, "S" Division | "USENET should not be confused with UUCP: killer!rpp386!jfh | something that matters, like CHOCOLATE" DOMAIN: jfh@rpp386.uucp | -- apologizes to Dennis O'Connor