Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!vsi1!teda!mikel From: mikel@teda.UUCP (Mikel Lechner) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Why do I get junk newsgroups? Summary: Is it a bug or a feature? Keywords: news usenet Cnews Message-ID: <20752@teda.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 91 19:29:25 GMT Lines: 29 I get postings to completely bogus newsgroups regularly. Even ones for which I've never even seen a "newgroup". I would expect that this newsgroup ("misc.sheep") doesn't appear it the "sys" file at any of these sites (see below). Why then are these sites passing on this message since it contains NO valid newsgroup names? Is this some new "feature" in C news (yes, I'm still running Bnews), or is it common practive to put "all" in all your "sys" file entries. Since my system does not list this newsgroup in its active file, these messages end up in "junk" and go no further. It seems like a mistake to pass on articles to bogus newsgroups. This perpetuates problems like continued posting to "comp.sys.ibm.pc" which was replaced months ago with "comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc". >> Path: teda!vsi1!ames!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!cunyvm!ndsuvm1!mtus5!kitbash >> From: KITBASH@MTUS5.BITNET (Joe Ammond) >> Newsgroups: misc.sheep >> Subject: Re: Wyle E. Coyote >> Message-ID: <91044.161408KITBASH@MTUS5.BITNET> >> Date: 13 Feb 91 21:14:08 GMT >>References: >> Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ. >> Lines: 3 -- Mikel Lechner UUCP: teda!mikel Teradyne EDA, Inc. 5155 Old Ironsides Drive Santa Clara, Ca 95054