DATE: Sat, 06 Nov 1993 02:28:14 CST From: Winslow Yerxa <76450.32~ompuServe.COM> Subject: newsgroup vs. mail list
If it were to go to a newsgroup, I for one, could not participate. From Compuserve, email is the only form of commuication with the Internet and Bitnet. This is also true for America Online.
I was about to run a newsitem in HIP No. 4 about the harplist and how to susbcribe. But some of what I've seen in this thread makes me hesitate. Do the members really feel that opening it up to a wider group will dilute it? It sound like some of what people want to avoid is bad nettiquette as opposed to low-grade questions (there are NO dumb questions - and if you believe there are, just review the archives for this list. Plenty of the contents would qualify, at least the early ones).
HIP readers generally are inquiring minds, and I think the List is extremely cool and want to let (more of) my readers know about it.
Feedback please.
Winslow Yerxa Publisher, HIP - the harmonica Information Publication 76450.32~ompupserve.com