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From: spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Creation of net.sources.d, and mods to software.
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 21:42:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 21:42:02 1985
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Reply-To: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford)
Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech
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If we can't keep the bozos and jerks from posting their comments and
discussion to net.sources NOW, how can we force them to use
net.sources.d?  And how can you force all of those sites to
upgrade their news to whatever version we fit the patch into?
Just curious....

I think our best possibility right now is to do whatever we can to
encourage the use of mod.sources instead of net.sources.  I also
keep a few "recorded" messages in a directory in my account which
I mail out to people who use newsgroups the incorrect way.  Using
"rn" it is simple to use the file for responding....just imagine if
each bozo got 40 or 50...or 200 letters telling them they didn't
know what they were doing?  (BTW, it should be a polite letter --
most people react negatively when flamed, especially if they didn't
know better in the first place.)

Another option is to try and encourage everyone to read the net
documentation where this stuff is explained.  Too many site
administrators just set their users loose on the system with
no pointers or suggestions.  Too many users don't want to be 
bothered with reading the instructions before using, either.

-- 
Gene "4 months and counting" Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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