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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: sys file entries for CNEWS
Message-ID: <27EF7E26.40AD@tct.uucp>
Date: 26 Mar 91 17:00:22 GMT
References: <449@skyking.UUCP> <1991Mar23.193554.25944@looking.on.ca> <AD}=J-%@rpi.edu>
Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL
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According to tale@rpi.edu (David C Lawrence):
>I have seen many articles come through news with Distribution:s like
>"everyone", "all", "net", &c.  Distributions which clearly were intended
>to propagate the article widely but which the policy you suggest would
>prevent from happening.

So what's next, automatic correction of misspelled newsgroups?

If the poster can't be bothered to learn the correct distribution
keywords, then he deserves whatever limited propagation he gets.  My
sys file entry for my feed ("tscs") reflects this fact:

    tscs:fl,tba,to.tscs/world,na,usa,fl,tba:f:
    tscs:all,!fl,!tba,!to/world,na,usa,fl,tba:L1f:

On the other hand, "/all" is useful in some contexts:

    ME:all/all

So I like the feature, I simply disapprove of its wide use in sys file
lines that describe outgoing feeds.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT     <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
   "All this is conjecture of course, since I *only* post in the nude.
    Nothing comes between me and my t.b.  Nothing."   -- Bill Coderre