Re: Time for a newsgroup?

[Marius Vollmer <mvo zagadka ping de>]

"Jay Nordwick" <nordwick@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> writes:

> >"Julian Regel" <julian@white-tower.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >
> >>  The amount of Gnome related mail seems to have gone through the roof 
> >> lately. I'm one of those people that never deletes a mail and my 
> >> folder is currently holding nearly 11 thousand messages.
> >
> >Yep, I second this. (I have 23173 gnome mails right now).
> > 
> >>  Is this list available in a digest format, or does anyone else think 
> >> it's time for comp.windows.x.gnome?
> >
> >I think a newsgroup would be a good idea.
> >
> 
> The simple answer is to store your old mail someho or delete it and use
> the archive for old mail.

I have no problem storing 23000 mails.  I only meant this as an
indication how much traffic there is already on the gnome list.  I get
about 100 gnome mails a day.  I think a newsgroup will be a more
effective means to distribute that mass.