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From: msc@saber.UUCP (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: mod groups don't work -- here is someone else with a problem
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 14:53:10 EST
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> In article <9825@amdcad.UUCP> pn@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:

> [A long lecture on mod groups, history thereof and the arpanet origins
> of some of them.  Deleted to save your brain. -- saber!msc]

Thanks for the lecture Phil. :-)  I already knew all that.  When I said:

> >This is an impossible problem with digests which is only one reason
> >why I dislike them.

"them"  referred to digests not mod groups.  Please read my words again.

To state my position more clearly

1.	I like mod groups, especially mod.sources.  Their benefits outweigh
	the inconveniences of reaching the authors.  Both moderated and
	unmoderated groups have their place on usenet.

2.	I hate digests but will tolerate them when I find the material
	worth my while (mod.risks) but will absolutely not tolerate
	them when they grow to ridiculous lengths (mod.computers.sun).

3.	I like to be able to reply to the authors of the articles not
	the moderators.  Moderators should ensure the "From:" line contains
	the authors name not the moderators name.  This can be done
	by both arpanet and usenet moderators.

Just because "it's always been so" is no reason not to say "it could
be better".  If Erik, or people who badgered him, didn't think "it could
be better" he wouldn't have asked the moderator of mod.telecom to send
him individual messages rather than the digest.
-- 
From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
msc@saber.uucp,  sun!saber!msc@decwrl.dec.com ...{ihnp4,sun}!saber!msc
"Boards are long and hard and made of wood"