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From: rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: comp.sys.3b1? (was Re: Monthly posting about Unix-PC networ
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Date: 29 Nov 90 14:17:34 GMT
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In article <1990Nov28.001913.17990@uncle.uucp>, donlash@uncle.uucp (Donald Lashomb) writes:
>In article <1990Nov26.054429.1994@uncle.uucp> jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) writes:
>[...]
>>I don't think we would warrent a comp.sources.3b1. I would suggest posting
>>sources right in comp.sys.3b1, but only by a designated poster (moderator),
>[...]
>
>I don't like the idea of limiting the posting of sources to only one person.
>I understand that source postings are great bandwidth eaters at times.
>However, there doesn't seem to be an over-abundance of bandwidth-eating
>in unix-pc.sources now, I doubt that there would be much in a new group
>either.  Let anybody who has source to share do so without hassles.

The copy of the guidelines I have (although rather outdated - 1987) says
that sources must go under comp.sources.xxxx and MUST be moderated.  I
think it would be safe to assume (yes I know, "never assume.....") that
the net.guardians will swamp us with "no" votes if we don't follow this
"commandment."

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