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From: skrenta@blekko.UUCP (Rich Skrenta)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Tired of bogus subject lines?
Message-ID: <112@blekko.UUCP>
Date: 10 Sep 89 21:49:01 GMT
References: <1650@unocss.UUCP>
Organization: BlekkoTek World Headquarters, Frazer, PA, USA
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In article <1650@unocss.UUCP> fritz@unocss.UUCP (Tim Russell) writes:

>      2) Probably 99% have no control over the software.  Not everyone has
>         root access on their machine, Spaf, or is able to compile their
>         own copy of nn just to support your rn-bigotry.

It's not rn-bigotry.  It's rn, notes, or any newsreader that tries to follow
threads based on the subject line.

>    Yes, nn had this "feature" at first, and we (the nn-using community) voted
> to get rid of it.

How nice of you, voting to make your newsreader obey the rules.

> I should know, our admin is
> that way, and if nn wasn't a user-supported program I have no doubt that
> we would still be at that patchlevel.

Sounds like you've got a great sysadmin.  "Gee, this software is broken
and barfing all over the net, but I don't think I'll upgrade it."

Rich