The cost will be increased duplication of traffic.
A single question could conceivably belong to all but the first area
on your list because they aren't mutually exclusive. A person
placing a question in this area would be wise to feed it to all list
to maximise coverage so we who who subscribe to all get 6 messages
instead of one.
Steven
> >The point is, Delphi is a database-oriented tool, I'd say 80% of people
> >are using it exclusivly against DB's - which is kinda reflected in the
> >number of posts to that effect.
>
> >I suppose we could - and kill the C++, etc lists at the same time, being
> >they get NO traffic (IB gets some, tho not much)
>
>
> I wasn't suggesting reducing the range of discussion matter but rather
> separating it at its source. If we were to split the mail into areas like:
>
> NB: I'm not suggesting such a large number just illustrating a point...
>
> Delphi Installation and usage
> Delphi Beginners
> Delphi Language
> Delphi Component design and Implementation
> Delphi DB
> Delphi Multi-tier
> Delphi Internet
>
> The following advantages are gained:
> 1. Presorted mail in a form ideal for a knowledgebase/archive.
> 2. Reduction in noise for uninterested parties of certain areas.
> 3. Support for specialty areas which would be seen as 'noise' even
> in an off-topic group ie 'manufacturing automation systems' etc...
>
> The value of this has to be weighed against the complexity introduced and
> the tendancy for questions to be crosstopic...
>
> Perhaps someone of authority (list maintainer?) could form a potential list,
> call for a one time vote and make a decision based on that... (That is to
> say this is not a call for votes now, starting a voting frenzy would kind of
> miss the point of improving the signal to noise ratio)...
>
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