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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Ka Kahula)
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Subject: Re: The USENET Backbone (Last changed: 10 December 1987)
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Date: 2 Jan 88 16:52:17 GMT
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All right, let me put it another way this time.

How do you know that there are no sites other than the ones you list
which exchange all news with two sites that are on the list and which
run recent news software, maintain reliable mailers and are staffed
by adept and responsible people?  I have NEVER seen evidence that you
check for the existence of any.  If, in fact, you don't then your
so-called backbone is nothing but a club and you should not try to
pass it off as anything else.
				Matt Crawford