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From: dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: squelch control message -- a more powerful cancel
Message-ID: <127@lakart.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 88 14:55:34 GMT
References: <279@comdesign.UUCP>
Organization: Lake - The systems people
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From article <279@comdesign.UUCP>, by pst@comdesign.uucp (Paul Traina):
> No one has commented (positive or negative) to my ideas on hacking a
> 'squelch' control message into news 2.11.  Either my message did not
> get out, or no one cares if someone intentionally or accidentally creates
> a pseudo-virus on the net?

[ Discourse on squelch deleted ]

I like the idea, I would speak in favour of it with the CAVEAT that
like moderated newsgroup information, it has to be approved by one of
the backbone sysadmins. I put up this CAVEAT, because the damage that
could be done by unregulated use of such a feature does not bear
thinking about. Also if done correctly it could help stamp out a lot
of vast postings (listen to the pot calling the kettle black :-) I just
put 22K in comp.os.cpm :-) got my asbestos suit on) - I for one would
be prepared to pay for a long distance phone call to a backbone - either
voice or for uucp xfer. (I just checked spaf's posting and I don't have
to call L.D. - husc6 and mit-eddie are both withing spitting distance,
and linus isn't too far)
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