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At 09:18 AM 1/6/96 +0000, you wrote: <first part of message deleted> >Posts that were on the long side and perhaps slightly special interest >could get posted to this Contrib list. The PARKINSN list would remain the >primary PD "discussion" list. > >Benefits: > - if you have problems with mail volume, only subscribe to the > PARKINSN discussion list, or to PD-Contrib. > - if you don't mind all the mail, subscribe to *both* lists. > - articles are seperated from discussion, very useful for archiving. > - we could post a regular "Stuff sent to Contrib" message to the > main PARKINSN list which would allow you to get anything interesting > that you might have missed. Sounds like a good idea. Am I correct in understanding that all discussion would take place on the original PD list and the new one would be solely for long, informative messages? If so, I see a possible lag time in discussing the long posts. What about a short (5-6 lines?) description sent to the PD discussion list when a long article is posted to the other one, either by the original poster or by the person maintaining the "Contrib list"? (would depend on volume of posts, I assume?) I am on several lists which have similar divisions, and it *is* convenient to see a listing of new "informative" posts with directions on how to retrieve each one. That way, a person need only retrieve the posts they are interested in without having to remember where they hid the directions on how to do it. <stuff deleted> >Other points: > - if you want to get all the mail you can, subscribe to both lists > (which isn't very difficult......!) > - all this system gives you is *choice* > - it does make archiving & reuse of the messages on this list much > easier. I'm trying to sort the existing PARKINSN archives out at the > moment, and the process is painful. > - we are going to have to do something about the volume on this list > sooner or later. A sign of a successful group is it splits into > different sub-groups. If you don't split, the volume of messages will > grow to the extent that the list membership will stagnate. > >Is anyone interested in reviving this PD-Contrib proposal? Comments? In defense of AOL, I have been using flash sessions on AOL for downloading messages and uploading replies. I used, at _most_, ten minutes a day doing so, and had no problems. Just lucky, I guess :) joyce