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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: In Moderation: A Moderator's Response
Message-ID: <4552@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 14 Jun 89 12:41:36 GMT
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In article <KARL.89Jun12230800@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu>, karl@giza.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:
> peter@ficc.uu.net writes:
>    Well, I don't know if this is still in the monthly posting... but last time
>    I took note it defined Usenet proper is the set of sites recieving all
>    messages in news.announce.important.

> That's an extremely interesting definition to apply, especially in
> conjunction with your additional, more rigorous definition later.

That's why I made the more rigorous definition. It's a suggestion for a
useful definition the gist of which is that Usenet sites can select which
groups to get, but if they get one they get all of it.
-- 
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