Re: [kent-grads] Any university's collegiate system fading?

[Brian Meadows <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:31:15 -0000, James wrote:

>We would then have the same problem that we used to have at UKC when we had
>ukc.misc, and ukc.misc.blah, were blah is the name of a specialist
>newsgroup.
>

I'd more or less assumed that if we ended up with the two mailing
lists that I suggested, the announcements one would be read-only
for subscribers. 


>Invariabily when this sort of chatter goes on things will divert onto
>tangents (as ukc.misc readers will be all too aware ;)
>
>Considering we have only had circa 100 emails to this mailing list all year,
>of which about 95% have occurred in the last month, I think having 2 lists -
>or any other medium, would be like trying to fix a problem that simply isn't
>there.
>

OK, so it was only Yuji's message this time. The last few times
the list flared into life, we've had multiple posts complaining
about the traffic, usually followed by folks who can't follow the
unsubscribe instructions writing to the list demanding to be
unsubscribed "because of all the messages". 

>Just my 2pence worth :)
>

Mine too. Or whatever that comes to in cents, I haven't looked at
the exchange rate recently. ;-)

>Oh and by the way, Merry Christmas everyone :)
>

Seconded!


Brian. 

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