Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!wdl1.wdl.loral.com!wdl1!andy From: andy@spl28.loral.com (Andy Purshottam) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: mail based servers are not the magic bullet Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 91 07:44:30 GMT References: <1991Jan22.051007.10779@vort.uucp> Sender: root@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (SUPER USER) Distribution: na Organization: /u/andy/.organization Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: mike@vort.uucp's message of 22 Jan 91 05:10:07 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: spl28 >> sites are now censoring mail to/from such servers, leaving those >> of us without FTP access dead-in-the-water. If "simple" requests bug >> you so much, try unsubscribing to comp.sources.wanted. Bandwidth is bandwidth, from a human or an archive server. If your downstream sites don't want you to receive source, then however you get it, it's improper. The real solution is to educate people so they don't piss off their uucp neighbors. The reason I both post to and respond to c.s.w is that intelligent people are listening, who can give thoughtful responses to vague requests. The "solution" could be a partitoning of c.s.w into c.s.w.silly, and c.s.w.interesting, but a little education might be a better approach. With luck a fun FAQ will emerge from the archivst BoF later today. Andy