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From: adams@calma.UUCP (Robert Adams)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.news.adm,net.news
Subject: Re: Spurious newgroups from "wang!root"
Message-ID: <76@calma.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 11:47:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 25 11:47:08 1985
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> Over the last couple days we have received some 106 "newgroup" control
> messages from "root@wang (UNIX SYSTEM ADMIN Deb Bunting)".  I didn't
> ...
> It very much looks like she was doing an install of 2.10.2 (notice
> the low Message-ID) with a really old "newsgroups" and goofed.
> ...
> Anyways, this has gotten to be such a nuisance, I would really like to
> propose:
> 
> 	1) newgroup messages should be originated by only ONE person
> 	   per "level of net".  The logical person for this in the global
> 	   "net.", "mod." is Spaf - the only person whose rmgroups/newgroups 
> 	   I trust without question.  [ flames from "Fear and ..." or 
> 	   "net.dictator" types to /dev/null ]

Actually, what we need is "mod.control" but that would require another
release of news software.  I hope that news software 2.10.3 has a
script "newgroup" that is like "rmgroup" that just plays with the
active file and creates directory so that messages can't go out
onto the net.

	adams@calma.UUCP		-- Robert Adams
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