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Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us
Date: 
Sun, 16 Jan 2000 06:09:41 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general "Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
> And one that I (really!) would not like to see implemented, for two reasons.
> 
> 1. automatic crossposting is, in general, a bad idea, as has been discussed
> here at length before. Too easy to get unintended results, too hard to maintain
> the posting decision code to handle all the special cases. Is this the best use
> of Todd's time?
> 
> 2. I think there is about to be an explosion of LUGs and LTCs and some may
> overlap in scope and in geography. (for instance, there has been talk of a
> Michigan LUG which would be subordinate to GMLUG) This seems rife with peril.
> 
> I read gmlug and nelug for lug news. I read loc.us.mi for michigan news. The
> two are not interchangable.
> 
> That's my opinion.

Ok, but AFAIK there aren't any lug newsgroups right now.  There should
at least be newsgroups for LUGs and LTCs made under the appropriate
heirarchy.

lugnet.org.us.gmltc
lugnet.org.us.gmlug
lugnet.org.us.nelug
lugnet.org.us.wamalug

etc...

-Tim

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(...) Agreed... IF the groups want them. PNLTC at one point I think was asked and declined. A wrinkle, though... There's the current lugnet.trains.org already in existence. would a putative bayltc (bayltc is just forming, and may or may not remain (...) (27 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)

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(...) And one that I (really!) would not like to see implemented, for two reasons. 1. automatic crossposting is, in general, a bad idea, as has been discussed here at length before. Too easy to get unintended results, too hard to maintain the (...) (27 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)

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