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From: heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
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Subject: Re: The USENET Backbone (Last changed: 10 December 1987)
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Date: 2 Jan 88 22:43:55 GMT
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Reply-To: heiby@mcdchg.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
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Ka Kahula (matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU) writes:
> How do you know that there are no sites other than the ones you list
> which exchange all news ..., run recent news software, maintain reliable
> mailers and are staffed by adept and responsible people?

Matt, you seem to have a slightly distorted view of the universe.

It is well known that there are other sites that meet the "requirements"
for being a backbone site.  However, another requirement does exist.  The
site admin must have some desire to be on the backbone list.  Doing so
gains the person some level of notoriety and opens them up for strange
email coming from obscure corners of the net.  It also tends to add some
amount to that person's work load.  The admin must be interested in
being so identified.  I know that there are sites that have specifically
asked *not* to be listed on the backbone map, even though they do help
out in a number of ways.  If you (or your site admin) thinks that oddjob
"qualifies" and wants to help out, I'm sure that it can be arranged.

By the way, how about a feed once you become a backbone site?  :-)
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.UUCP	Moderator: comp.newprod & comp.unix
"Intel architectures build character."