Xref: utzoo news.software.b:7876 news.admin:14568 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!igb From: igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: Date: 22 May 91 08:49:02 GMT Article-I.D.: uzi-9mm.D3T_NB` References: <28357D59.17BB@tct.com> Sender: news@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (News with an UZI) Organization: BT Fulcrum, Birmingham Lines: 16 In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) writes: > Unfortunately, it seems there are quite a few sites out there whose system > administrators have better things to do with their time than read the log > files and send mail messages to people whose articles have been junked. I can say with no shame that I do, in fact, have better things to do with my time than run a news system at all. I suspect the set of people that would prefer the situation ``I read and administer news'' to ``I read news'' is vanishingly small. When mantis starts running a few feeds, and has people phoning up to complain the modems are down or you've dropped their favourite group or somesuch, let us know how it feels. ian