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From: ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder 11.0 Announcement
Keywords: white knight
Message-ID: <995@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 89 19:03:38 GMT
References: <4380@yunexus.UUCP> <2938@husc6.harvard.edu> <829@pmafire.UUCP>
Reply-To: ngg@bridge2.3Com.com (Norman Goodger)
Organization: 3Com Corp., Mt. View, CA
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In article <829@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
>
>I do agree, however, that we could have done without seeing the message
>three times.  The traffic here is high enough already.

The big problem as I see it with the multiple postings of the White
Knight announcement (and many other postings for that matter) is the
poor news software. There is no easy way to read threads of msgs, no
way to know that someone has replied 10 times already to a msg you are
replying to. You can list the msg subjects, but how many of us do that?
While I do not think there is an easy solution to this, there is room
for improvement in News software so that as you enter replies, you can
perhaps be informed that other replies are posted to this msg (because
of the subject line) Easier commands to follow threads in News. And
perhaps a few other things as well. But since this is not the forum to
fix News software, I'll leave it at that.

On another note, I will try to send the upgrade announcement to anyone
that wishes it thru email. Occasionally I have seen mail bounce, so I
cannot guarantee that if you send email to request the update info to
White Knight 11 that you will get it. But if I recieve your msg I will
try. I will repost this little blurb or something like it from time to
time so that others that may not be aware of the White knight 11 upgrade
can get the information..


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Norm Goodger				SysOp - MacInfo BBS @415-795-8862
3Com Corp.				Co-SysOp FreeSoft RT - GEnie.
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