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From: webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber)
Newsgroups: misc.misc,news.misc
Subject: Re: The solution to: Re: "We don't get that newsgroup here"
Message-ID: <716@brandx.rutgers.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 88 04:00:07 GMT
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In article <610@acer.stl.stc.co.uk>, dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) writes:
> ...
> But what about when it IS the backbone that isn't passing the newsgroup?
> This discussion started because of postings of poems in misc.misc from the UK.
> The European gateway (mcvax) has to restrict groups coming in because of high
> trans-atlantic transmission costs.   Thus rec.poems does not exist in Europe.
> ...
> would not see them.   So the question is, do you (collective) want to see
> such postings from Europe or not?     If so, then misc.misc probably IS the
> most appropriate group we share in common.   

Are you claiming:
    a) that posting a poem from Europe to NA is cheaper than posting a poem
       from NA to Europe
or
    b) that the wishes of mcvax should simply be bypassed by posting
       into misc.misc.  perhaps we should all cross post everything to
       misc.misc.  actually, news.misc would probably be a better
       place to cross post miscellaneous news (although apollo sources
       belong in news.groups).

------- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)