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"Eric Thomas (CERN)" <ERIC@CEARN> |
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Sat, 2 Apr 88 17:25:59 GVA |
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When I review a list, I don't do it to determine whether someone is on it
or not. I do it to see who is on it. This makes a difference. For
example, I may review one of the 5 lists related to the VM/SP operating
system (that's just an example case - there are probably not 5), to see
who's on it. On the first one, I see "famous" names. Good, that's going
to be an interesting list. I subscribe. On the 2nd one, I see a lot of
people but I've never heard of any of them. Probably a user's forum (ie
"how can one send a file via RSCS without using SENDFILE?").
That was maybe not a credible example, let's take an IBM-PC related list
instead. THERE you are going to find 10 different lists, with a similar
description and (probably) completely different topics.
I NEVER review a list to try to find the same of someone. I no longer
review lists to get at the header - I just do a search on my local LISTS
database, which is some 10 times faster than waiting for the reply of a
REVIEW command.
Eric
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