Ironically, just before I received the digest with Paulo de Souza's
proposal to convert or mirror this mailing list into a newsgroup, I had sent
my request to unsubscribe due to the volume and inconvenience of reading
this as a digest.
I don't know about everyone else, but I haven't the time to page through
20K-60K every day to look for topics of interest. With a decent newsreader,
it's quick and easy to sort, pick and choose between the topics to read.
A newsgroup would also likely give a wider range of readership and input,
which could be either viewed as a good thing or a bad thing, depending on
one's point of view.
In short, I value the information I have gotten from this list, and will
likely need more information in the future, (i.e. the incantations required to
cause the engine of my Spitfire to reassemble itself) but I can't read all
the stuff all the time. I have gotten so far behind that I don't read it
at all anymore.
If and when a newsgroup CFV is made, I suggest that email be sent to
anyone that has ever been subscribed. I suspect that others have dropped off
for reasons similar to mine. (I noticed several at my site came on, then
left again)
Thanks again. Maybe see you on Usenet someday...
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