Alt-BEAM Archive

Message #00903



To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Justin jaf60@student.canterbury.ac.nz
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:55:26 +1300
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: comp.robotics.beam??


> What if all messages sent to the newsgroup would be CCed (past tense of
> carbon copy =)) to the list, or the other way around. That wouldn't be
> all that much trouble...just a few mouseclicks, and that way you could have
> your choice. I think that would be the best for everyone.

I'd go for all list messages being forwarded to the newsgroup (then I'd
just switch to the newsgroup - I wouldn't need to read both forums), but
not the other way around - then we get spam, crossposts, hidiously
off-topic crap etc on the list. The absence of this is one of the merits
of a list :)

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