Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!vsi1!teda!mikel From: mikel@teda.UUCP (Mikel Lechner) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Why do I get junk newsgroups? Message-ID: <21053@teda.UUCP> Date: 20 Feb 91 20:23:40 GMT References: <20752@teda.UUCP> <1991Feb19.215318.23089@zoo.toronto.edu> Lines: 31 henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: [On C news allowing users to post to non-existent, but re-filed newsgroups.] >>... There are two >>possible changes; a) rewrite the header in inews to substitute correct >>names for the refiled groups or b) give an error as with the n or x >>flag. The latter is much easier to implement. >There is a good chance that the latter will appear in the official C News >distribution in the near future; forbidding posting to refiled groups seems >like a reasonable idea. Yes, just giving the poster an error message would eliminate 90% of the problem. Most sites keep up-to-date active files (at least for the mainstream newsgroups). The current silent refiling lets them keep making the mistake indefinately. Your proposed solution would solve the problem to my satisfaction. -- Mikel Lechner UUCP: teda!mikel Teradyne EDA, Inc. Phone: (408) 980-5200 5155 Old Ironsides Drive Santa Clara, Ca 95054