Re: UK HA Newsgroup

["Mark Harrison" <Mark_Harrison_UK@xxxxxxx>]

How about splitting UKHA into

- UKHA, for discussion of Home Automation
- UKHA_PC, for discussion of Home Networking

I don't see how having everything on Usenet would _reduce_ the number
of messages!

Mark


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <mark@a...> wrote:
> All fair enough points Mark  However, I know from emails I get that
not
> everyone likes the amount of messages the Egroup produces.  Even
the daily
> digest can be arduous to wade through.
>
> Personally I love the Egroup, but there are some out there that
prefer the
> newsgroup solution.  Hopefully a newsgroup wouldn't have a large
detrimental
> effect on this list whilst bringing some new people to us after they
> discover the subject there.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark_Harrison_UK@h...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:08 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: UK HA Newsgroup
>
>
> > I agree absolutely. The eGroups solution is much better since I
can
> > either receive emails, digests, or read on-line, and quite often
jump
> > between those settings depending on where I'm going to be for the
> > next few weeks.
> >
> > I really don't want to have to start reading about UKHA in more
than
> > one technology.
> >
> > I was on various USENET groups between 1989-1995, and saw the
> > signal/noise ratio gradually deteriorate so it became a total
waste
> > of time. I retried a few groups in about 1998 and was digusted at
the
> > amount of inappropriate babble in there.
> >
> > OK, so I post inappropriate babble in here as well, but at least
I
> > tend to flag it up as OT.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, James Hoye <jhoye@l...> wrote:
> > > > Spam, silly questions etc. I won't be using it.
AutomatedHome
> > > > is the ideal
> > > > starting point for new HAers and the eGroups are a
natural
> > > > progression for
> > > > those with too much time on their hands. There is an
eGroup
> > > > message board
> > > > type thing, isn't there? What amount of traffic does it
get?
> > >
> > > I must admit that I find it more convenient to receive
email.
My
> > other
> > > choice is to use Deja (NNTP seems to be blocked here for
some
> > reason) which
> > > can be cumbersome for NG browsing/reading, although
invaluable
for
> > > searching!
> > >
> > > James H
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >