ADSM-L

Re: ADSM newsgroup

1998-06-30 10:18:32
Subject: Re: ADSM newsgroup
From: Hanna Hahne <Hanna.Hahne AT DKFZ-HEIDELBERG DOT DE>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:18:32 GMT+1
I agree with what Sheelagh said and my vote is for staying a mailing
list, too.

Hanna Hahne

On 30 Jun 98 at 14:08, Sheelagh Treweek wrote:

>
> I'm not at all keen on this idea of transforming adsm-l into a
> newsgroup : I like the idea that the adsm-l belongs to a group of
> like minded people who are "known" and have subscribed.  Apart from
> having to be more proactive with a newsgroup than a mailing list, it
> is possible we could lose out on some of the detailed and honest
> answers we get (including those informally from the adsm developers
> who contribute a lot) if the contents were more widely distributed
> and available via a newsgroup.
>
> My vote is for staying as a mailing list.  With a decent email
> system it is very easy to filter adsm-l messages into a separate
> mailbox and peruse, delete and keep as required.
>
> Regards, Sheelagh
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> > ______________________________ Reply Separator
> > _________________________________
> > Subject: ADSM newsgroup
> > Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> at 
> > Internet-Mail
> > Date:    6/30/98 9:38 AM
> >
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > As far as I could grasp there is no newsgroup for adsm discussion. This
> > mailing list of course is doing a good job of compensation of the newsgroup
> > absense. But I personally find it a little bit inconvenient moving 50
> > messages a day into trash. Judging on the size of the mailing list (1332
> > persons) I believe we can register a newsgroup.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > regards, Anton, storage manager at SONY, Moscow
> >
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