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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: This newsgroup.
Message-ID: <3144@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 91 03:57:13 GMT
References: <2756@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <2089@raybed2.msd.ray.com>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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In article <2089@raybed2.msd.ray.com> rgc@raybed2.msd.ray.com (RICK CARLE) writes:

| I agree that these "I am looking for..." postings are often annoying,
| but there's no way to get rid of them.  

  Some of the most useful stuff has come from someone saying "I wish I
had" and someone else saying "do you know about?" I still send notes to
people who post really inappropriate things, but the charter in the inf
postings clearly states "might be posted" to cbip.

  Better the discussion than posting something which people don't want.
I think the good postings all fit nicely in one .d group, myself, and
the people who ask "which mouse is available in hot pink" will be jerks
wherever they are.

  Part of the purpose of this group is to have a little discussion of
stuff *before* it's posted. Then I ask people to send me a copy.

  Due to bandwidth limitations the backlog is running 2-4 weeks. You
*do* notice that we're consistently in the top ten volume groups, right?
I don't think that I should raise the volume  as a regular thing, it
doesn't leave any headroom for reposts or stuff with time value, like
the latest virus program or major fixes to tax programs.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
    sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
    moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list
"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me