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From: scott@zorch.UU.NET (Scott Hazen Mueller)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att,news.admin
Subject: Re: Too much cross-posting?
Keywords: unix-pc.* vs. comp.sys.att groups
Message-ID: <157@zorch.UU.NET>
Date: 8 Jul 89 04:34:16 GMT
References: <674@whizz.uucp> <171@zebra.UUCP>
Reply-To: scott@zorch.UU.NET (Scott Hazen Mueller)
Followup-To: unix-pc.general
Organization: Zorch Public-Access Unix; San Jose, CA
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In article <171@zebra.UUCP> vern@zebra.UUCP (Vernon C. Hoxie) writes:
>I also would like to know why distribution of the unix-pc group is so
>difficult to come by.  I have been trying for the last year to get it here.

I can't answer this question, but to the best of my knowledge, many/all unix-pc
sites are willing to establish connections.  I set up two extra connections
locally just to provide extra distribution for unix-pc.*.  I also mail the
contents of most of the unix-pc groups to sites that can not receive the
newsgroups, and have been doing this for well over a year.

At any rate, I am still willing to provide the groups via email, and am also
willing to provide UUCP connections to any site that is either local or is
willing to dial in.  I have a Trailblazer+ and calculated that for the about
15 days of unix-pc.* in my /usr/spool/news (550K) it would take a little over
11 minutes of phone time to transfer the whole pile.  So, for just a few $$ a
month, sites anywhere in the country could pick it up; it's even cheaper than
UUNET :-)
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