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From: gordon@sneaky.TANDY.COM (Gordon Burditt)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Use of 'all' distribution in sys
Message-ID: <8493@sneaky.TANDY.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 89 02:56:33 GMT
References: <304@flatline.UUCP> <2004@wa4mei.UUCP> <1247@acer.stl.stc.co.uk>
Reply-To: gordon@sneaky.UUCP (Gordon Burditt)
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>What is wrong with 'all', *if* you specifically exclude local groups?

Usually, not excluding ENOUGH local groups, and letting new local
groups leak out before you find out about them.

>stl:all,to.stl::
>#
>stc:all,!stl,!local,!test,!general,!followup:F:

Didn't you forget "!to,to.stc" here?  Even if you don't use ihave/sendme
with stc, if you have ihave/sendme with ANYONE, you're likely to pass
them around further than they should.

>#
>ukc:all,!stc,!stl,!local,!test,!general,!followup:FL6:

Forgot "!to,to.ukc" here.

>#other sites fed not shown in this extract

Also, do you really want to forward "junk"?

				Gordon L. Burditt
				...!texbell!sneaky!gordon