REPLY TO 04/15/87 00:44 FROM [log in to unmask]: Re: PEERS NAMES
 
> If a user wants to know if there is something about VAXes on
> LISTSERV but his "home" server does not have such a list, he would
> be able to request this info to his server and then REV one of the
> indicated lists to see if it was what he was searching -- (assuming
> that headers were informative, which is a completely different story
> ;-)).
>
> Jose Maria
>
An alternate approach is to have one single site that users can look
to for such information.  That is the obvious intent of LISTSERV
GROUPS.  Ignoring traffic issues the biggest problem I see with this
file currently is that it is usually well behind the available
information that's really out there.  Personally, I think both
approaches are worth having and it would be nice if we could also
come up with a better way of keeping LISTSERV groups up to date.
One of the problems with the distributed approach is that I'm on a
different server for almost every list I'm on.  That is also a
confusing situation for the novice list user.  Just which machine is
"my" server anyway?     /June
 
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