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From: jordan@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: net.news.config,net.news.adm
Subject: Re: UUCP Map Update for site 'brspyr1'
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Date: Sun, 26-Oct-86 22:00:48 EST
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Tim Northrup <tim@brspyr1.UUCP> writes:

	After posting [ a map update ] to net.news.config, I wonder if
	it is the proper newsgroup.  In looking through the most recent
	newsgroups file, I cannot see any group which claims to accept
	uucp  map  UPDATES,  only  mod.map which I assume is only for
	full map distributions.

Although I think the sentiment for posting updates is a good one, it I
think it should only really be done in situations where something is
critical (i.e., a major site with a major change). If it's just an
update that says "oh, we talk to joeblow now too" it can (should)
probably wait until the next month ... also, blindly installing map
entries is dangerous, as it could have problems in it -- when map
entries are sent to uucpmap@cbosgd.att.com, they get checked pretty
thoroughly for syntax errors and such before going into the mod.map
posting.

Caveat hacker.

/jordan