Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!oliveb!pyramid!fmsrl7!mibte!mcf!shan From: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) Newsgroups: news.config,news.sysadmin Subject: Re: Braindamaged test messages clogging the net Summary: Can find some way in the news software to avoid this occurring again? Keywords: spool partition starts gagging Message-ID: <222@mcf.UUCP> Date: 13 May 88 02:06:36 GMT References: <255@comdesign.UUCP> <1218@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <22716@pyramid.pyramid.com> <52733@sun.uucp> Reply-To: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) Followup-To: news.sysadmin Organization: michigan cancer foundation, detroit mi 48201 (313) 833-0710 Xref: utzoo news.config:593 news.sysadmin:676 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!oliveb!pyramid!fmsrl7!mibte!mcf!shan From: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) Newsgroups: news.config,news.sysadmin Subject: Re: Braindamaged test messages clogging the net Summary: Can find some way in the news software to avoid this occurring again? Keywords: spool partition starts gagging Message-ID: <222@mcf.UUCP> Date: 13 May 88 02:06:36 GMT References: <255@comdesign.UUCP> <1218@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> <22716@pyramid.pyramid.com> <52733@sun.uucp> Reply-To: shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) Followup-To: news.sysadmin Lines: 15 In article <52733@sun.uucp> chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: >That's a guaranteed way to irritate someone. Which, considering the source, >was exactly the point, I believe. I am afraid, but seems that such postings almost beg the attention of bean counters to come down hard on some of the nets-sites and hope these actions won't cause the plug to be pulled from sites whose phone bills skyrocket. -- sharan kalwani, vax facility, mcf, 110 east warren avenue, detroit mi 48201 usenet : ...!{uunet!umix, pur-ee!iuvax, ucbvax!mtxinu, ihnp4!mibte}!mcf!shan internet: shan%mcf.uucp@umix.cc.umich.edu shan@mcf.uucp dec enet: decwrl::"umix.cc.umich.edu!mcf!shan" fax: (313) 831-8714