[KLUG Members] RE: great site to "get together" in

[Bruce Smith]

> Well, since I sent that original e-mail I've gotten back several e-mails as 
> you can see below.  If the bandwidth is 10X less, then what about 10 times 
> the amout of email that is sent to each and every one??  Notice the long 
> thread below.  and when someone else replies, it shall continue to grow 
> almost like a chain letter. *S*

There is no thread below, because it is possible (and encouraged) to
trim information no longer needed from previous threads.  Discussion
groups have NO advantage there because they can also quote messages.

The reason it's 10X the bandwidth is because of all the graphics and
other HTML on the web pages.

> The site I mentioned, p-two.net is run/moderated by a person named Bern.  
> He runs Linux exclusively, and it is not dotted with a lot of non esential 
> stuff about Winows in it's various forms, or other things modems, 
> overclocking, etc.. it is basically just Linux.  That why I thought there 
> might be some interest in this one particular forum site.  Plus, before you 
> enter the forum site, there is pertitent information regarding Linux in the 
> news.  Maybe no one is interested??

We're interested, but I think we're prefer to host it ourself.  
We are a "do it yourself" kind of group. (at least I am)

I personally think the best approach is a usenet server on our domain,
as opposed to a web based clone.  That would have the advantages of:

1)  Less bandwidth usage because of the lack of HTML and graphics.
2)  We can mirror our mailing lists on own newsgroups because
    it's supported by our mailing list software (Mailman).
3)  Less work to setup and less ongoing maintenance.

This is something the KLUG officers have already discussed, and we will
probably do in the future.  I can't tell you when, because all work on
the KLUG server comes from volunteers, and we cannot impose deadlines.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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