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From: kraut@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Newsgroup vote counting: a proposed modifacation
Message-ID: <6695@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 03:40:33 EST
Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.6695
Posted: Mon Nov  2 03:40:33 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 04:09:38 EST
References: <4965@oberon.USC.EDU>
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Summary: if only the "r"-key always generated a valid reply-path

In article <4965@oberon.USC.EDU>, blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson) writes:
> Since some people can't seem to understand that votes for new
> newsgroups should never be posted, perhaps changing the voting rules

	while I also ask always for mail-votes, there is no ignoring the fact
	that it happens quite frequently that reply-mail generated with the
	"r"-key comes flying back in my face because of our stupid mailer.
	I would imagine that this is a rather frequent experience at many
	sites, where mailers and site-tables maintenance does not have any
	priority in the systems administrator's schedule (or he doesn't know
	or care about these things - "really, such folks exist?" Naaa...:-)

> 	Any vote posted for creating a new newsgroup shall count as
> two votes against creating that newsgroup.  The same person will be
> allowed to mail a single vote to the vote counter as well.
> 
> 	Any vote posted against creation of a new newsgroup shall be
> ignored by the vote counter, except any vote mailed to the vote
> counter will be ignored.

	that's blatantly absurd - anyone *REALLY* oppposing a group would
	POST a vote FOR the group ......

	let's just stay reasonable about this matter  - and improvise best
	as we can ... and stay friendly even towards those folks that can't
	get reply-mail through and end up posting !!! (not me, I only post
	when I have an argument that I'd like others to consider before
	voting)

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kraut@ngp.utexas.edu