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From: mesmo@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Chris Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: we need an unmoderated binaries group
Message-ID: <2086@Portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 6 May 89 06:25:48 GMT
References: <1944@csuna.csun.edu> <6520@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Sender: Chris Johnson <mesmo@Portia.stanford.edu>
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In article <6520@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane) writes:
>In article <1944@csuna.csun.edu>, abcscagz@csuna.csun.edu (Jeff Boeing) writes:
>>
>>    How about comp.binaries.ibm.pc.unmoderated?  Or, if that's too
>
>Why don't you just create an alt.binaries.ibm.pc?  You might even get someone
>to post to it. :-)  As for 2 binary groups in the main hierarchy, I doubt that
>you will get that approved.  Too many poeple think binaries are a waste of time
>to begin with, let alone having all the binaries posted twice. Personally, I
>think Rahul is doing a GREAT job, and don't see the need for any more groups.


	HEAR HEAR -- c.b.i.p. works fine, if you don't like it, start
	your OWN unmoderated group, and then YOU can deal with 50 Mb of
	garbage mail/day, copyright problems, etc etc.

	No one is saying you can't have an unmodearted group; what we
	ARE saying is, don't screw around with c.b.i.p.

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