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From: jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.sysadmin,news.misc
Subject: Re: Why am I getting regional news from outside my region?
Message-ID: <1190@mhres.mh.nl>
Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 05:32:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: mhres.1190
Posted: Sat Aug  8 05:32:45 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 10:48:21 EDT
References: <2821@psuvax1.psu.edu>
Organization: Multihouse NV, the Netherlands
Lines: 18
Keywords: News Distributions, Local Groups
Summary: Please use local distributions
Xref: mnetor news.software.b:745 news.sysadmin:323 news.misc:843

In article <2821@psuvax1.psu.edu>, ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) writes:
> It would appear that a number of sites do not have there news software
> correctly configured and are sending articles outside the local area or
> region and these articles are making there way around the net.
> [ ... and much more ... ]

Another problem in this realm is that the news 'dirtribution' feature is
heardly used in a useful way. Here in the Netherlands we oftten receive
the famous "house for sale in New Jersey" kind of articles. Do the USA
inhabitants ever realize that USA is not WORLD?

[ I mistakenly miswrote 'dirtribution'. I think i'll leave it that way. ]

: johan
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