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Subject: Re: Suggestion for CCC

Author: Don Prohaska

Date: 10:29:37 06/29/98

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On June 29, 1998 at 13:19:42, Keith Ian Price wrote:

>On June 29, 1998 at 06:00:27, Daniel Kang wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone.
>>
>>I think this club is a vast improvement over RGCC and appreciate those involved
>>in creating and managing the club. On the other hand, offline browsing and
>>message composing is extremely hard, often impossible. I've seen suggestions of
>>turning it into a mailing list but I believe that the sheer amount of volume
>>make it a very difficult task. Thus, I suggest that the message board be
>>complemented with a newsgroup server.
>>
>>I do not suggest it to be a usenet newsgroup. Instead, one can set up a private
>>nntp server with authorization required. That way, we can use it exactly like we
>>use other newsgroups, with the difference that it can be censored and requires
>>membership.
>>
>>I haven't been here for a while so if such a suggestion had been made in the
>>past, I apologize.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Daniel Kang
>
>Hi Daniel,
>
>I suggested the same thing about a month ago, and even supplied the web page for
>a free private newsserver, but got no response at all from anyone, so I have to
>assume the interest is low.
>
>kp
I don't think the interest isn't out there. I think it is something we'd like
but we don't expect to get. I use Hotpage which helps some for off-line viewing,
but that's  not for everyone. I do a lot of skipping now. After a while you get
to know the names of people you won't bother to read, or  subjects that go on
forever with little meat. It would be nice though to....



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