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From: robertj@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SigmaEdit (actually, where is comp.binaries.mac?)
Message-ID: <22229@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 18:43:04 GMT
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In article <1661@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes:
>In article <623@wolf.UUCP> drew@wolf.UUCP (Drew Dean) writes:
>>  I have attempted to get it to the moderator of comp.binaries.
>>mac in several ways, and am waiting to see it posted there.
>
>He is not alone in having trouble there.
>Has anyone ever managed to get to the moderator from Europe?
>If so, how?
>My attempts have just dropped into a black hole - not even bounced.

I don't know about Europe, but I'm not sure if I can reach the moderator
from America!  I recently posted a seven-part demo of the game Crystal
Quest to comp.binaries.mac (having been told that posting it there would
automatically forward it to the moderator).  No sign of it yet, and no
acknowledgement from the moderator.

Is it possible that comp.binaries.mac could be set up such that posters
could get some feedback on whether their posting has been received and
when it might be sent out on the newsgroup??  Every couple of months
a flurry of messages shows up expressing uncertainty and frustration
about the mechanics of comp.binaries.mac, and some simple feedback
might alleviate the whole problem.

This might be a nice idea for the moderators of the Info-Mac digest,
too; I sent the same demo off to them, and no response (not even a
bounce).  Perhaps the moderators don't post most of what they receive
(which is completely understandable), but if my stuff is not going to
be posted, I would appreciate a note to that effect.

>ARPA: jack%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk
>JANET:jack@uk.ac.glasgow.cs       USENET: ...mcvax!ukc!cs.glasgow.ac.uk!jack
>Mail: Jack Campin, Computing Science Department, University of Glasgow,
>      17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland (041 339 8855 x 6045)

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