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From: lemke@radius.com (Steve Lemke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: comp.sys.next split
Keywords: split, comp.sys.next
Message-ID: <1444@radius.com>
Date: 28 Apr 91 20:40:06 GMT
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isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) writes:

>Splitting c.s.n. may eventually be necessary, but cross postings will increase
>the number of articles posted, and those of us who don't want to miss any
>NeXT-related news will be further burdened.

No, the number of articles posted would remain the same.  There is only one
copy of each article stored on the disc, with cross-references to the dif-
ferent groups in which is is cross-posted.  If you have a halfway decent news
system, this will only result in extra "links" made in the other groups.
And, if you have a halfway decent news reader, once you've read the message
in one group, it won't bother showing it to you in another group.

>A little self discipline would go a long way to reducing the traffic.

So will some decent news software!  Even B-news and rn work as above...

On the other hand, just THINK of all the messages (actually, threads) that
you'll NEVER see if you can completely ignore a whole category (or MORE) of
NeXT news that you really have no interest in (whatever that category or
categories might be).

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