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From: msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader)
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Subject: Re: The end of the matter (net.internat)
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Date: Sat, 23-Nov-85 16:10:47 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 23 16:10:47 1985
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Summary: Use mail where mail is appropriate

Gene Spafford (spaf@gatech.UUCP) writes:
> 10) I have received large amounts of public of abuse and flames since
> then.  Oddly, my personal mail is about 8 to 1 in favor of what I did,
> but those people haven't posted as much as the flamers.

This is easy to explain.  The people that sent mail (like me) are the
responsible ones who understand everything perfectly, and the people
who posted articles (like ...) are the irresponsible ones who don't
understand anything.

Well, :-), but only partly.  Posted flames ARE inappropriate.
Net.news.group is getting HUGE amounts of traffic, much of which
is on topic more appropriate for net.news, and much of which is simply
uselessly repetitive.  People don't have time to read the group.
Render unto Usenet the things that are Usenet's, and unto Mail*
the things that are Mail's!
								*or mail
Mark Brader