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From: radzy@calma.UUCP (Tim Radzykewycz)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: removing groups: suggestion
Message-ID: <194@calma.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 20:54:12 EST
Article-I.D.: calma.194
Posted: Mon Mar 17 20:54:12 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Mar-86 04:12:08 EST
References: <377@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Reply-To: radzy@calma.UUCP (Tim Radzykewycz)
Organization: GE/Calma Co., R&D Systems Engineering, Milpitas, CA
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In article <377@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
>     I would like to see rmgroup control messages taken right out of the
>netnews  software.  What  I would  suggest in  their place is  a program
>which  deletes  a  newsgroup *locally*.

This is already the case, only better.  Currently, it is
possible to configure systems so that they do or don't
execute rmgroup control messages automatically, at the option
of the installer.  Our site is configured so that we get
automatic creation of groups, but groups have to be deleted
manually.  If I do an 'rmgroup', I don't send out rmgroup
control messages to the net.

The reason for having the rmgroup control messages available
is so that some administrators (who are, or consider
themselves to be, overworked) would like to keep netnews
administration to a minimum.

If you have a problem with the rmgroup messages, then reconfigure
your software!  Don't just gripe about it.
-- 
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