Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mcnc!xanth!kyle From: kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: arbitron program (v2.4.2--last updated 4 June 1987) Message-ID: <2713@xanth.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 21:00:57 EDT Article-I.D.: xanth.2713 Posted: Fri Oct 9 21:00:57 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Oct-87 05:37:08 EDT References: <11731@decwrl.DEC.COM> <919@hao.UCAR.EDU> <14015@oddjob.UChicago.EDU> <74@bacchus.DEC.COM> Lines: 15 In article <74@bacchus.DEC.COM>, reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) writes: > Also it's ridiculous to have sources that are posted automatically every > month be sent to a moderator, and it is equally ridiculous to have sources > that are posted automatically every month be in a newsgroup that is archived > in thousands of sites all over the world. Agreed, but why post the arbitron program EVERY month? It would be to everyone's benefit if more sites ran pathalias and smail, but we certainly wouldn't want these packages posted every month. kyle jones old dominion university, norfolk, va usa p.s. I feel the same way about the the USENET maps. Once every six months would be often enough, since new or changed map entries can be posted to news.config or news.newsite .