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From: gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: net.roots
Subject: Re: Geneology Sources should *not* be posted to net.roots
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 06:33:01 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 06:33:01 1985
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Sources should go in net.sources or mod.sources.

If you think people in net.roots would be interested in your
source, post a little note saying "Look in net.sources to get this
great program".  You can even make your note a followup to your
source posting (change the Newsgroups: line and maybe subject),
so people can just follow the References: line up to the source
article (in vnews, the "p" for parent command).

There are a few reasons for this:

 * Lots of sites automatically archive net.sources, so if you post in
net.roots, they won't keep a copy of your source.

 * Lots of sites don't receive net.sources *deliberately* because
they want to keep their phone bills down.

Need I say more?  If so, try reading net.announce.newusers.  The
protocol for posting sources is in there.