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From: rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Suggestion about repetitive requests for sources
Message-ID: <2637@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: Sat, 31-Oct-87 20:05:18 EST
Article-I.D.: megaron.2637
Posted: Sat Oct 31 20:05:18 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Nov-87 06:50:35 EST
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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Keywords: suggestion bandwidth source requests


Almost each day one finds requests in comp.sources/.sys/.unix 
for certain software, e.g., Microemacs, arc/zoo, uu{en/de}code, etc.
The requests are reasonable, but repetitive.

A suggestion to reduce net & email bandwidth.  Each *week* post in 
comp.sources.d:
	(1) a list of the sources believed (by comp.sources moderator?) 
to be the most frequently wanted, with a source for the source (needed 
because the current Microemacs and various other sources are not found 
on some comp.sources archive sites).  
	(2) a statement that one should read the less frequently posted
v*.info/.list files, ie RTFM.

Even if repetitive postings are not much reduced, one could not answer
them and retain a clear conscience.

John Rupley
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