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From: weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Joe Weening)
Newsgroups: gnu.config
Subject: Re: Posting to GNU newsgroups is a no-no
Message-ID: <1989Dec2.001809.16943@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 2 Dec 89 00:18:09 GMT
References: <MONTNARO.89Nov30132500@sprite.crd.ge.com> <638@ncis.tis.llnl.gov> <KARL.89Dec1163935@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Sender: USENET News System <news@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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The problem isn't with the gatewaying in either direction.  It's that
messages originating on USENET are harder to reply to by mail, because
brain-damaged software often screws up the headers.  Messages sent to
the mailing list are more likely to arrive with addresses that can be
replied to.
--
Joe Weening                                Computer Science Dept.
weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU          Stanford University


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