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From: wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc,news.admin
Subject: Re: The Jargon File -- an apologia
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.162000.11081@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 1 Apr 91 16:20:00 GMT
References: <1ZtF0O#754Tp97th6rb6mgr9j5k5BVG=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> <19119@rpp386.cactus.org> <3461@unisoft.UUCP>
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In article <3461@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) writes:
]/* <19119@rpp386.cactus.org> by jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
] *  There are quite a few major corporations (AT&T to name just one) that
] * don't carry large portions of alt (I believe AT&T doesn't carry =any= of
] * alt).  Many companies carry neither talk nor soc.

First of all, AT&T does carry alt.  Our news gurus have negotiated
with management about what we can and cannot carry, and the primary
exceptions are talk.bizarre, *.flame, alt.sex.*, and alt.drugs.
We also have Internet access.

Is the Jargon File available by FTP anywhere?  Eric periodically
sends me mail replies saying yes, it's on trix.ai.mit.edu!/pub/jargon,
but it's not there.  I've noticed some errors go by, and I'd really
rather FTP the whole mess rather than assemble the pieces on my news
server and then ftp them to my home machine.

It's not tough to set up mail servers, like netlib or whatever Larry
Wall uses.  Perhaps a simpler approach, if Eric or some kind person
has a spare account, to use the vacation-reply program to say

	foo.bar.edu!jargon has gone.fission.
	The Jargon File, Chapter 0:
	.......

I'd do it, but I'm not root here, and they haven't got my Ethernet
connection installed for my exciting new Sun386i yet.
-- 
				Pray for peace;		  Bill
# Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs AT&T Bell Labs 4M-312 Holmdel NJ
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