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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: --- INFO-ATARI-REQUEST ---
Message-ID: <2800020@ccvaxa>
Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 11:47:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 12 11:47:00 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Feb-86 07:43:11 EST
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!preece    Feb 12 10:47:00 1986


> The other day I found this in my mail box.  As I recall it was in reply
> to people cross-posting items for the 8 & 16 bit machines to the wrong
> lists.  If my memory is deficient in recalling what the reply was to,
> please forgive the following rant.  /* Written  6:58 pm  Feb 10, 1986
> by nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA in ccvaxa:net.micro.atari */
> 
> > I am not one of the 'cretins' etc., but I think that the reason that 
> > they post the requests to the newsgroup is that they can't figure out
> > how to mail the notes to the ATARI-INFO-REQUEST. Most of these people
> > are probably fairly new to the USENET. Why don't you publish an article 
> > on how to find out the path to the ATARI-INFO-REQUEST.
> 
> NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!  MESSAGES SHOULD >>>ONLY<<< BE SENT TO 
> INFO-ATARI-REQUEST TO ADD/DROP NAMES FROM THE DISTRIBUTION
> LIST!  
----------
Curiously enough, that's EXACTLY what they were talking about.  The
note quoted was in response to a note complaining about "Please drop me
from this mailing list" notes appearing here.  It's not nice to
flame people when you're only guessing what they're talking about,
even when you have the sense to acknowledge in advance that you
might be wrong...

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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