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From: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: files, email, and PD administrivia
Summary: A gentle suggestion
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Date: 8 Mar 89 03:19:49 GMT
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Reply-To: paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen)
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I've seen a couple articles admonishing readers to not send
large files to the 'list' directly.  It doesn't seem to me
as if the admonishers realize that for some of us, this
is a 'newsgroup'.  The Internet mailing list is apparently
gatewayed into Usenet somewhere.  A Usenet reader stumbling
over comp.sys.zenith.z100 in his newsreader will have no
way to know that the posting of large files to the newsgroup
is forbidden.  Since the usual way to share files on Usenet
is to post them to a newsgroup, and since the Usenet 
population is so large and variable, it would seem prudent to
regularly post an introductory message describing the nature
and taboos of the group.  Otherwise, there will always be the
occaisional well-meaning Usenetter posting his favorite
utility directly and pissing off the folks on the Internet
side of the gateway.

Comments, anyone?

Paul
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