From arne@escher.mbi.ucla.edu  Fri Oct  8 06:49:43 1993
Message-Id: <9310082049.AA01652@escher.mbi.ucla.edu>
To: msjones@whale.st.usm.edu (Michael Sean Jones)
Subject: Re: REGULATIONS 
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 93 13:49:43 -0700
From: "Arne Elofsson (arne@uclaue.mbi.ucal.edu)" <arne@escher.mbi.ucla.edu>


I do not agree with  (Michael Sean Jones)

Actually I think it is quite anoying to read all
these messages, Do you know the adress to ...
etc etc

Even if this is usefull it takes a lot of time
for the othr 1999 subscribers who not is interested
in finding the adress to prof X. I think there is a
huge difference between a mailing list and the use
of usenet archives. In these archives I search for the
kind of information I want, while in a mailing list
the information is forced onto after a subscription.
These mails are mixed up with all other (personal)
mails, therefore it is necessary to keep the number
of mails you get to a (rather) small number. You can 
not get only 10 % interesting mails.

therefore I suggest:
Either 
1. Use sci.chem or so for asking these questions
or.
2. Create another mailing list "comp-chem-where-are-you"
I'm sure Jan is willing to give away his scripts
for the mailinglist.

arne.
PS. another good (?) idea might be to set up a
FAQ available through ftp or mailserver, as the
same questions appear again and again, as people
not uses the excellent search routines. But I guess
this is a lot of work.