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From: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: restricting cross postings
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 15:50:15 EDT
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The idea of requiring a user to verify each newsgroup of a multi-group
sounds good.  With the default being no, at least the user is made aware
of the intent to limit cross postings.

I don't like the idea of forcing the user to type in the newsgroup
him/herself.  The problem here is that there is to much chance of
introducing error thru bogus news groups.  I am sure you have all seen
the 5 spellings of unix-wizards and both spellings of religion.  You
only have to read the articles comming across the net to get a good idea
of the typing skills of the average poster.

				Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
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