Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!usage.csd.unsw.oz.au!newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU!pwb From: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Paul W. Brooks) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Prodigy Special Offer hits my mailbox... Summary: distribution? Message-ID: <1080@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> Date: 13 Feb 91 05:26:56 GMT References: <1991Feb6.141621.9765@javelin.es.com> Sender: news@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au Lines: 13 Just a short note to all those debating Prodigy, and a few other topics: As I assume Prodigy is just a U.S. based net, why does the rest of the world have to sift through it? May I ask people to *not* just use distribution: world as the default, but think whether anyone outside the U.S. needs to carry all this stuff, and set distribution to 'us'? This occurs quite often with country-specific messages. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Brooks | Internet: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au School of Physics | Uni. of N.S.W. | If you have trouble sleeping, try lying on the end of