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Subject: Re: Mark Ethan Smith: For real?
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Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 03:12:36 EDT
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In the referenced article, jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) writes:

	Yes, MES's attack against Berkeley news administrators was
	unjustified.  But he has been booted from two systems in
	the past and treated unfairly at others.  A little paranoia
	is not surprising given the history.  And given that he is
	charged money for use of violet.berkeley.edu and his only
	use of the system is for news and mail, it seems reasonable
	for him to expect that they will be maintained.

Mark may be paying for the use of violet, but that payment does
not mean any guarantee of netnews service; as both Mike Meyer and
I noted, netnews at the UCB Computer Center is an unsupported
software system, maintained by Mike when he has time out from his
other official duties.

If Mark wants guaranteed netnews service, he should petition Academic
Computing Services to make netnews an officially supported service.
As it stands, if netnews breaks or misbehaves on the Computer Center
systems, it will be fixed when someone can get around to it.

	Erik E. Fair	ucbvax!fair	fair@ucbarpa.berkeley.edu