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From: chiu@princeton.UUCP (Kenneth Chiu)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: dir /w (really about posting IBM PC articles to net.micro)
Message-ID: <1718@princeton.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 17:05:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 26 17:05:10 1986
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Organization: Princeton University Computer Science Department
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In article <4086@brl-smoke.ARPA> kdale@BBNCC-EUR.arpa (Keith Dale) writes:
>Does that mean that if I have a question about Kermit on the Mac, I should post
>it  to  info-kermit?   Or  info-mac?. . .

Yes, because the people reading these newsgroups are specifically interested in
the subject and know more about it.


>. . .Get the picture? Look, guys. New folks on the net don't mean to step on
>any holy toes, so don't pass out sermons with such righteous indignation. Maybe
>someone just doesn't understand net protocol - so be big about it and take the
>time to explain it. . .

I am a new user, so I can understand how a casual or new user might post to
net.micro instead of a more specific newsgroup.  It doesn't take an experienced
user to realize, however, that he should probably post to net.micro.pc instead
of net.micro if his question is about IBM PCs.

If such postings are truly merely because of ignorance, then they should be
forgiven.  Often these postings are cross-posted to net.micro.pc, however, so
apparently the author must have known net.micro is for >general< discussions,
not machine-specific ones.  My impression is that many of these postings are
from people who just want to make sure they reach as many people as possible,
which is understandable, but not considerate; or from people who really don't
care what kind of trash they generate for other people, which is not
understandable, and certainly not considerate.

>. . .After all, and I quote from the List of Lists maintained at the SRI-NIC,
>"INFO-MICRO: Information/discussion list on the general interest topic of
>microcomputers". . .                            ----------------

>Flame off, please.

No flames here, just annoyance.
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Kenneth Chiu                                              UUCP: princeton!chiu
Princeton University Computer Science Department        BITNET: 6031801@PUCC