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From: sjr@mcimail.com (Sander J. Rabinowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Why are upload announcements a problem?
Message-ID: <1991Mar29.215716.6263@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 91 21:57:16 GMT
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Keith Peterson wrote the following on 25 Mar 91:

>davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
>>     comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted
>>          For all the requests for programs and parts thereof
>>     comp.binaries.ibm.pc.ftp
>>          For all the ftp sites to post their list of what they have
>>          online.
>
>If you are tired of reading the individual upload announcements which
>I've been forwarding to comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d I can solve that
>problem immediately by *not* forwarding them.  I thought the users
>liked them because they usually give more than a one line description
>of the uploaded files.

Whoa.  Time out.  I have to say Keith Peterson's messages are one of the
main reasons why I read this newsgroup.  If there should be a split
to accomodate the new software announcements, fine, but let's not get rid
of these messages altogether.

>I'm sorry that you consider these postings as increasing the noise ratio
>on this newsgroup.  In my opinion the real problem is the discussion
>of commercial programs and hardware problems.

I'm inclined to agree.

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