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From: kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones)
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Subject: Re: these sites have not filed an arbitron report
Message-ID: <3107@xanth.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 20:09:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 30 20:09:09 1987
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In article <425@kksys.UUCP>, gk@kksys.UUCP (0000-Greg Kemnitz) writes:
> In article <11960@decwrl.DEC.COM> reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) writes:
> >Various people have flamed at me for periodic repostings of the arbitron
> >program sources. I have absolutely no intention of stopping this practice
> >just because a few malcontents don't like it. 
> 
> How about stopping because it is needlessly wasteful of network
> resources?
> ...
> What you are doing now is akin to 'bulk mailing', which more often
> than not gets pitched in the trash.  Perhaps first class mail to a
> more targeted audience would get a better response.

My sentiments exactly.  I still haven't heard a good reason for
posting the arbitron program every month.  Why should this program,
and this program alone, be reposted again and again, month after
month?

kyle jones  <kyle@odu.edu>  old dominion university, norfolk, va  usa