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- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!tbooth
- From: tbooth@netcom.com (Todd Booth)
- Subject: RFD: comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.033143.204@netcom.com>
- Followup-To: news.groups
- Keywords: bridge, router, wellfleet, RFD
- Organization: Wellfleet Communications, Inc
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 03:31:43 GMT
- Lines: 119
-
- This is a formal Request for Discussion on the creation of a new newsgroup
- called "comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet" (not moderated).
-
- I forgot to include comp.protocols.tcp-ip in my initial broadcast so now I
- will. The original groups were:
-
- Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.dcom.lans.fddi,comp.dcom.lans.misc,comp.dcom.lans,comp.dcom.cell-relay,comp.dcom.lans.novell
-
- This announcement is cross-posted to newsgroups whose readers may have
- interest in the discussion about the new group; follow-up discussion will
- take place in "news.groups". Suggestions, comments or problems may also
- be emailed to me at <tbooth@netcom.com or tbooth@wellfleet.com>.
-
- REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION
- ----------------------
-
- NEWSGROUP
- comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet (not moderated)
-
- PURPOSE
- The newsgroup 'comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet' would be a forum for discussing
- issues related to Wellfleet bridge and router systems hardware & software,
- interoperability with other products, and system configuration.
-
- It will NOT be a forum for forwarding sensitive information
- as e-mail and individual contact are for this purpose.
-
- It could be the best, and quickest way to exchange questions and
- answers, hints and tips on optimization, have contacts between users
- having common problems and maybe some common solutions.
-
-
- RATIONALE
-
- Very often Wellfleet users receiving news and having questions don't know
- really where to post their questions in such a way that it could be
- answered by some other Wellfleet users.
-
- In the same way, people who could be able to answer the question are not
- necessarily inspecting all articles where Wellfleet is mentioned, such a
- newsgroup will usually permit better follow-ups for Wellfleet issues.
- Users could discover lot of indirect Wellfleet matter accidentally in
- comp.dcom.lans.{ethernet, fddi, misc...}.
-
- Wellfleet User Groups exist in the U.S. and Europe.
- Mailing lists have been going in the U.S and Europe for several years;
- but this way of communicating is not particularly adequate for users
- of multi-recipient systems, i.e., each message is sent to each registered
- user, even on the same systems, moreover each user must ask to be
- explicitely registered.
-
- A newsgroup would permit all users of Wellfleet systems receiving the News
- to receive only one copy of each message and to share it potentially
- with all the users of the systems.
-
- This newsgroup could be a prolongation of each annual Wellfleet User Groups
- meetings, permitting not only to those (s)elected people having the chance
- to take part to these interesting reunions but also to more common users,
- students, researchers, etc... to share their experiences.
-
- In the era of communication, newsgroups are the easiest way to build
- bridges across oceans and permitting of people with common interests
- to be part of an electronic community wherever they are located
- in the world.
-
-
- CONTENT
-
- Miscellaneaous
- - Wellfleet FAQ
- - jobs available
- - other events that concern Wellfleet systems and/or users
-
-
- Hardware
- - Wellfleet Nodes series
- - Wellfleet Backbone Node series
- - interfacing 3rd party products to Wellfleet systems
-
- Software
- - Public domain SNMP software for management of Wellfleet systems
- - Software releases discussion and announcements
- - Customization of network configurations for optimal performance
-
- System
- - Network integration
- - Multi-vendor compatibility
- - System tuning
- - Benchmarking and performance measurement
-
-
- System administration
- - Security
- - How to upgrade between releases
- - Remote upgrades
-
- This newsgroup will be in conjunction with the existing mailing lists
- to allow users who do not receive News to submit and receive newsgroup
- traffic and take part in the discussions.
-
- NAME
- comp.dcom.sys.wellfleet seems to be the name fitting the most adequately
- the purpose.
-
- NOT MODERATED
- In order to have questions answered as fast as possible, this
- newsgroup would not need to be moderated and indeed would most
- probably be self-moderated.
-
- NEWSGROUP CREATION
- The discussion period will be from November 10th, 1992 to December 2nd, 1992.
- Please post all discussion in news.group.
- If a consensus is reached by the end of the discussion period,
- a CFV (Call for Votes) will be posted at that time. The voting period
- will last for 21 days.
-
- Thanks for your interest !
-
- Todd Booth | Systems Engineer | Wellfleet Communications, Inc | 310 445-8840
-