Re: REGULATIONS

["Arne Elofsson (arne &$at$& uclaue.mbi.ucal.edu)" <arne &$at$& 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.