Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!spw2562 From: spw2562@ritcv.UUCP (Fishhook) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: The cost of a message Message-ID: <9250@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 13:36:06 EST Article-I.D.: ritcv.9250 Posted: Tue Jan 14 13:36:06 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jan-86 02:58:44 EST References: <2501@amdahl.UUCP> <871@vortex.UUCP> Reply-To: spw2562@ritcv.UUCP (Fishhook) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 11 Summary: mail vs. news How about a comparison of cost to mail a message as opposed to cost of posting an article? Maybe this would impress on our minds how important it is to respond by mail if something is not of interest to the entire net. And to use distributions to limit the posting to areas of interest. ============================================================================== Steve Wall @ Rochester Institute of Technology Usenet: ..!rochester!ritcv!spw2562 (Fishhook) Unix 4.2 BSD BITNET: SPW2562@RITVAXC (Snoopy) VAX/VMS 4.2