Xref: utzoo news.admin:15073 news.software.b:8190 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!nixpbe!nixsin!koerber.sin@sni.de From: koerber.sin@sni.de (Mathias Koerber) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1962@nixsin.UUCP> Date: 10 Jun 91 05:08:30 GMT References: <1991Jun6.120359.5946@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Jun7.160730.11982@mp.cs.niu.edu> Sender: koerberm@nixsin.UUCP Reply-To: koerber.sin@sni.de Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd Lines: 30 In article <1991Jun7.160730.11982@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes: >>rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >>> Mail is very different from news. >> >>So tell me: why is it OK to silently throw away news a person has written, >>but not OK to silently throw away mail a person has written? > > Firstly C-news does not silently throw away news. It reports it to the >local administrator. > > Secondly email is from one person to another. One of the two should be >notified. News is from one person to many persons. One of the manny should be notified. Since it doesn't make sense to notify anyone of the meny recipients, the notification should go to: a) the sender (preferably) b) an authorized person along the way who can do something about it (some admin) But just dropping is a no-no with news as well as with mail. Mathias Koerber | S iemens | EUnet: koerber.sin@sni.de 2 Kallang Sector | N ixdorf | USA: koerber.sin@sni-usa.com S'pore 1344 | I nformation Systems | Tel: +65/7402852 | Fax: +65/7402834 Thank ME it's Friday, GOD said and created the weekend|#include