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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
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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.
-- 
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