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From: abc@BRL.ARPA (Brint Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Want ads.
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Date: Sat, 31-Oct-87 12:45:09 EST
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Posted: Sat Oct 31 12:45:09 1987
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Patt,

	Henry P. Dowst writes, "... want ads and for sale ads ought not
to be posted on the net. "

	You responded, in part, "Sheesh, I thought this was an
*information* service - do we really have net *censors* and net *gods*
that say what can and canNOT be said?"

	I am compelled to point out that, as a distribution list,
Info-Apple originates on a Milnet (DoD side of Arpanet) host.  The
Government's regulations are clear:  only traffic that can be construed
as contributing to "official" government business is to be carried on
Milnet hosts.  While we cannot control what people post to the USENET,
we must be aware:

		1. that want ads and other personal news have been
formally identified as not being of an "official" nature,

		2. that the "technical" traffic and the posting of
software ARE permitted and encouraged because of the large number of
Apple computers being used in government offices and labs,

		3. that the Milnet officials can, if they wish, shut
down the distribution of Info-Apple and, indeed, of USENET news to all
DoD computer sites, and

		4. that these reasons are why it is not allowed to route
mail from UUCP to Arpanet to UUCP.

	Like it or not, this applies to Info-Apple, Info-CPM, and
others that originate on MILNET.

	I hope you will understand that we are not being "bureaucratic"
when we remind users of these rules but are trying to protect and
preserve as much openness as we presently have by not challenging the
authorities to enforce the rules on us.

_Brint Cooper
AKA Info-Apple-Request