[vsnet-chat 958] Re: vsnet-digest

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Fraser Farrell wrote:

> However, the concept of a "digest" or "summary" mailing list has worked
> well in other busy message forums.  So why not a "vsnet-digest" compiled
> by the VSNET administrators? "vsnet-digest" messages might include such
> things as:
> - the existing long-period variables report (monthly?)
> - the existing CVs and peculiar variables report (weekly?)
> - a new Supernovae Report (weekly?) like the CVs report
> 
> Messages in "vsnet-digest", like "vsnet-charts", could only be posted by
> the VSNET administrators.  Anyone with limited time (or bandwidth) could
> then subscribe only to "vsnet-digest".  Other potential subscribers
> might include astronomy educators, observatory operators, schools, or
> astronomers whose main interest(s) is not variables but who like to be
> informed (just in case).

   Any subscriber can post to vsnet-chart, this list is not restricted for
administrators.  I presume the VSNET admin's activity is completely filled
up with the present maintainance of the data, WWW, ftp, making alerts,
compilations, etc. so I think I can't spare more time in producing digests.
We would deeply appreciate if some volunteer could regularly post a digest
(important recent events etc.); then we may optimize necessary settings
of the mail exploder.  Monthly or weekly summaries of CVs and Miras are
within the administrators' present capability, as are regularly posted to
vsnet and vsnet-obs.

Regards,
Taichi Kato

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