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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Yes, *THAT* Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin
Subject: Re: rmgroup misc.vogon-news
Message-ID: <14761@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>
Date: 23 May 88 19:11:39 GMT
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Brian Reid writes:

) It has been my experience that very few people actually read the contents of
) control messages ...

Really?  What sample size?  The first thing I did after seeing the
mail message of the rmgroup was to look for an explanation in the
control message.

) Most news administrators rely on the mail that is generated by the
) arrival of control messages.

... which contains no additional information.