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From: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,news.groups
Subject: Re: unix-pc.* newsgroups
Message-ID: <3844@islenet.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 88 06:24:11 GMT
References: <337@flatline.UUCP> <3831@islenet.UUCP> <1613@ethos.UUCP>
Reply-To: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Organization: Islenet Inc.,  Honolulu
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> I think we have been pointing out flaws right and left.  I have
> no particular aversion to your creating some kind of gateway--as
> long as it doesn't mean articles start getting double posted and
> readers of comp.sys.att don't have to start wading through 2
> copies of every cross-posted article written.  [...]

If gatewayed articles retain their original message-id's then
the current news software will see to it that double posting and
multiple copies do not happen.  This is a standard feature of the
netnews software that has been there for some time.

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Richard Foulk		...{vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard
Honolulu, Hawaii