Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!minya!jc
From: jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: UNIX-WIZARDS Digest  V4#098
Message-ID: <434@minya.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 87 21:28:38 GMT
References: <10815@brl-adm.ARPA>
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Summary: Is there a way to suppress this stuff?

Lately I've been seeing a bunch of these in this newsgroup and a couple
of others.  They are huge files, and nearly double the space a newsgroup
occupies on disk.  They also add measurably to the modem time.  Does
anyone out there know a simple, elegant way to eliminate them?

Note that I'm not criticising the people who do them.  I understand 
that there are machines that don't or can't run usenet, and there is
a good use for such digests.  I just don't want the original newsgroup
and the digest both on my machine.  My disk space is not unlimited.

Perhaps we need a separate mechanism for distributing such summaries.
Hey, I just thought of one: a separate, moderated newsgroup.  Isn't
that an original idea?  Do you think we might implement it? {(:-)}

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John Chambers <{adelie,ima,maynard,mit-eddie}!minya!{jc,root}> (617/484-6393)