[nycbug-talk] list volume, starting web-forums and other lists

[Isaac Levy]

On Jan 27, 2004, at 3:33 PM, Wes Sonnenreich wrote:

>> I think that this would be a bad idea at the present time, the volume 
>> is
>> still low enough that the exposure to other sub groups is good.  My
>> personal threshold is around 150-200 messages/day before it becomes an
>> issue for me.  After all everything goes in a folder and you do not 
>> have
>> to read it.
>
> I'm thinking 3 mailing lists:
> announce (corresponding to the NYCBUG forum category)
> talk (corresponding to the *BSD Technical)
> help (corresponding to the *BSD Help)
>
> I think we can handle those three at the moment, which corresponds to 
> your
> thoughts.

I'd be cool with this- 3 lists isn't too wild to manage, and separates 
content nicely IMHO- especially announce, so folks who aren't talking 
in the group daily, can keep informed of what's going on and not get 
totally out of the loop-

Rocket-
.ike