NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/alt/bbs/7673

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Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Path: sparky!uunet!portal!claebaur
From: [e-mail] (Tony S Annese)
Subject: Re: I really asking for it this time, but...
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Organization: Portal Communications Company -- 408/973-9111 (voice) 408/973-8091 (data)
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:26:14 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (David William Wrage) writes:
>
>If any of you guys was running a BBS hooked into Usenet by UUCP, what kind of
>newsgroups would you carry for your users?  I finally got the bugs worked out
>of my system and I am thinking of subscribing to about 15 newsgroups possibly
>at the most 20 newsgroups.
>
>Keep in mind that diversity is important and it should cover mostly information
>that users will find of great use and will be able to contribute to.
>Preferably not intensely high-traffic groups either.  I plan on restricting the
>number of messages to about 200 to 350 depending on the newsgroup.
>
>This is important to me.  I need to get my users into this.  Please E-Mail me

Why not get a listing of all the groups and post it up on your system and ask
your users what newsgroups they want added? This way they get what they want
and you get the ussage you are looking for.
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