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From: lmc@denelcor.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.news
Subject: Re: nuke net.general? & a radical proposal
Message-ID: <510@denelcor.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Jul-84 16:46:45 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 22 16:46:45 1984
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Ah, but where is the dividing line you propose? Obviously, you want to
separate net.bugs from net.jokes, but what of net.micro? Net.work is
"technical" to me, but is it technical to Mayfield High School (sorry,
just an example)? I have made a dicotomy at the request of my management
in the active file, so that technical groups are read first, then the
others, but even in my relatively homogeneous environment I've had flames.
And you're going to tell me I'm wrong, that net.usenix is not technical,
and if my management says "no non-technical subjects" then I won't be
able to see it?

And don't waffle on my examples; the net has subjects which would beg a
hairsplitter. There is no possible separation that will please even
a simple majority of net sites (let alone users).

Set up your own list of unwanted newsgroups and communicate it to your
feed(s); I'm sure they will be more than happy to cooperate.
-- 
		Lyle McElhaney
		(hao,brl-bmd,nbires,csu-cs,scgvaxd)!denelcor!lmc