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From: mcb@ncis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: posting privileges
Summary: Quoting articles...
Message-ID: <117@ncis.llnl.gov>
Date: 10 Mar 89 18:33:34 GMT
References: <7526@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: mcb@ncis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch)
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Organization: Information Science Consultants, Inc., Pleasanton CA
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In article <7526@pyr.gatech.EDU> gus@pyr.gatech.EDU (gus Baird) writes:
> Addressing some more points that have come up in responses...
> 
> > Article 5376 of news.admin:
> > From: trev@hubcap.UUCP (Trevor Zion Bauknight)
> > Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC
> > [... quotation from article ...]

Mr. Baird should be made aware that it does absolutely no good to cite
articles using their newsgroup/article-numbers, since those numbers are
local to his own system and useless to others.  The only proper citation 
is to a Message-ID, e.g., <7526@pyr.gatech.EDU>.

Perhaps Mr. Baird should consult with his local site administrator to
learn more about how the news reading software works before posting to
wide-distribution newsgroups.  (And especially before making blanket
statements about the desireability of postings by undergraduates or
others.)

Michael C. Berch  
News/mail admin, TIS/NCIS Programs, LLNL
mcb@ncis.llnl.gov / uunet!ncis.llnl.gov!mcb