Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!killer!netsys!len
From: len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Dividing comp.sys.att
Message-ID: <1925@netsys.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 88 06:45:57 GMT
References: <167@mcmi.UUCP> <144800006@occrsh.ATT.COM> <76@sialis.mn.org>
Reply-To: len@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose,NetSys)
Organization: NetSys Public Access Network
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In article <76@sialis.mn.org> rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) writes:
-Person A wants to read 3b1 and 3b2 articles only.  Person B wants only
-3b2.  Person C wants 3b2/15, but never 7300 or 3b20.  Maybe an
-occasional 6300, but never 6300+.  Person D doesn't wanna read
-anything at all, but still subscribes.

 Before you turn this into a flame war,here of all places (we were above that),
 let's put this into perspective.

 o You exaggerate completely.

I don't beleive the point that you are trying to make,and we don't need such
negative attitudes here.

This is why a mailing list would be a good idea..so drop the "sarcasm" , and forget
about the 3B2 series vs 3B1 series vs 6300's , et al.

info-3b2@netsys will be glad to fill any technical gaps in this group for 3B2 series
systems,and all mailing list subscribers will get what they want.

If mailing list traffic gets to be high enough,then the net.all may be graced with one
more useful newsgroup.

-How about we solve this problem once and for all, and have someone
-write a really hugely mutant news system that allows everyone to build
-completely custom news group definitions before you ever see it?  Now
-that would mean that for person A, comp.sys.att would only contain 3b1
-and 3b2 articles.  Everything else would just be vaporized.  Of
-course, he could always pump all the rec.arts.startrek articles about
-Tasha Yar's bra, or lack thereof into comp.sys.att if he wanted to
-also.

 Great attitude.. Just what we need on the net today.

-Now, wouldn't that solve everyones problem, as well as be totally
-ridiculous?

 Yes,you are.

-(Obvious sarcasm terminated).  :-)

 You stand self condemned."Obviously".

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