>>>>> "mAsterdam" == mAsterdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
mAsterdam> Reading the thread I was reminded of the mAsterdam> unclarity of the status of perl newsgroups. mAsterdam> You advised Rafael Garcia-Suarez to either use a group mAsterdam> (c.l.p.announce) or to entertain a proposal to cancel it. mAsterdam> Well, that is a good idea. Expanding on that: mAsterdam> A lot of the groups in the list served a purpose at some mAsterdam> time but are dead now. A group that begins "perl.*" is not a Usenet news group. It may be carried amongst cooperating NNTP servers, but it doesn't have the same status as a group that begins "comp.*", which is run by more-or-less formal means according to Usenet policy. Hence, my puzzlement. I was talking about a Usenet group (and starting the formal process to abandon it), and you brought up some random non-Usenet groups. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
