Xref: utzoo misc.misc:2129 news.misc:1077 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ukma!david From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) Newsgroups: misc.misc,news.misc Subject: Re: The solution to: Re: "We don't get that newsgroup here" Message-ID: <7979@e.ms.uky.edu> Date: 5 Jan 88 00:03:46 GMT References: <2390@dasys1.UUCP> <1987Dec31.065249.24476@sq.uucp> <693@brandx.rutgers.edu> <505@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> Reply-To: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences Lines: 22 In article <505@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes: >In article <693@brandx.rutgers.edu>, webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes: >> The only fix I can see is to refuse to accept postings from sites that >> don't carry the full set of groups (thus emphasizing the different >Suppose we have (leaf)-->(link)-->(backbone) and (link) decides without >asking (leaf) not to carry some newsgroup, (leaf) isn't to be allowed to >post anything to any newsgroup? Save us from our "friends". Go look in the installation documents Since back in the dark old days of v2.10 it has suggested establishing L type links with a nearby backbone ... SOLEY to make sure that your local articles were propogated. Bob. Eh? "refuse to accept ..." eh? maybe I'm missing some important context here but I don't see the purpose to your suggestion. -- <---- David Herron -- The E-Mail guy <---- or: {rutgers,uunet,cbosgd}!ukma!david, david@UKMA.BITNET <---- <---- Winter health warning: Remember, don't eat the yellow snow!