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From: lyndon@ncc.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: What *are* the can.* groups?
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Date: Wed, 3-Jun-87 16:10:12 EDT
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From: tech@auvax.UUCP (Richard Loken)
>Who cares what the groups are?  With such low volumes we can all include
>can.all and post to can.general.  If the can.general posting is inappropriate
>and there are any followups than somebody will suggest another home for such
>articles.

The problem is that if your system does not have a valid entry for
the followup group, the article will be trashed (you won't see it, and it
won't get forwarded to your neighbors). Sort of like posting to
au.general with a distribution of 'can'...

From: kevinc@auvax.UUCP (Kevin Crocker)
>As a reader of the can.* groups and especially the tax tips
>posted I would like to voice my vote for not eliminating these
>groups as they do provide a valuable forum for discussions of
>interest to the Canadian environment.

I see no point in eliminating the groups. Let's just make sure we agree
on what the groups /are/.