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Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ?

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In comp.mail.misc, Grant Taylor  <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
> On 1/6/21 1:37 PM, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote:
>> Is there a need for news:comp.mail.esmtp or news:comp.mail.mta ?

Doubtful. comp.mail.misc can cover anything not covered by other
comp.mail.* groups, and comp.mail.misc gets virtually no traffic.

> They aren't in my active file, so I can't check their history.  Which is 
> in and of itself strange as I thought my active file was based on the 
> ISC default.

I think Andrzej was not asking if the groups should be removed, but if
they should be added. (Or maybe he was asking if they should be removed,
but in that case: yes. Those are not official Big-8 newsgroups.)

> I also question is there any value in removing (part of) the comp 
> hierarchy?  Seeing as how leaving it in the active file seems to take 
> very few resources.

It will be mean fewer places for "The Doctor" to post his Xananews
statistics posts, and fewer places for the odd other spammer to show up.

>> Starting formal procedure would be waste of time with no interest.
> Starting a formal procedure to do what?

I think he meant formal procedure to add those groups. I think that
indeed would be a waste of time. As for a formal procedure to remove the
groups, that shouldn't be necessary. Just apply a checkgroups message.
The big-8.org wiki points to this FTP site:

ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/Group_Lists

for the official list of groups.

Elijah
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if correct, that shows there have been no changes for six years

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Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2021-01-07 11:06 -0700
  Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-01-07 22:27 +0000
    Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> - 2021-01-08 08:48 +0000
    Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2024-03-12 10:17 +0000
      Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-03-12 12:28 +0100
        Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-03-12 13:12 +0000
      Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-03-12 10:31 -0300
        Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-12 21:45 -0500
          Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-03-13 16:44 -0300
            Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-13 23:38 -0500
              Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? dbastos@ic.ufrj.br - 2024-03-14 08:12 -0300
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-03-14 13:30 +0000
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-14 21:18 -0500
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-03-15 14:20 +0000
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-15 15:54 -0500
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-03-19 07:40 -0300
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-03-19 13:20 +0000
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-19 08:35 -0500
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-03-19 14:45 +0000
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-19 18:32 -0500
                Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2024-03-19 08:26 -0500
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      Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2024-03-13 05:56 +0000
        Re: comp.mail.esmtp or comp.mail.mta ? Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net> - 2024-03-14 07:38 +0000
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