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From: bct@its63b.ed.ac.uk (B Tompsett)
Newsgroups: misc.misc,news.misc
Subject: Re: "We don't get that newsgroup here"
Message-ID: <871@its63b.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 8 Jan 88 11:17:37 GMT
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Reply-To: bct@ecsvax.ed.ac.uk (B Tompsett)
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In article <22364@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> fair@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Erik E. Fair) writes:
>If your site isn't getting a newsgroup that you want to read, [...]
>
>	1. Convince the local admin that your newsgroup is worth getting.

  Oh! if it were that easy. That is not how it works this side of the pond.

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