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From: dsmall@well.UUCP (David Small)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: The Rape of Usenet
Message-ID: <15197@well.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 89 07:18:18 GMT
References: <2853@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>
Reply-To: dsmall@well.UUCP (David Small)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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This note is only in effort to cap the discussion. The link was suspended
the instant I got mail pointing out difficulties I had not foreseen; it
was permanently stopped when more mail arrived. I am writing this in hopes
of not filling comp.sys.atari.st full of GEnie -> USENET replies to this
reply, etc.

	I've posted a longer, and this time, a lot more complete explanation
of what happened. I'm sorry to have wasted so much of people's time and
worry; the link was already down by the time most of it was going on.

	If anyone knows a better way to "turn off" the replies, please do.
I have NO INTEREST in maintaining a permenant, 1-way link to GEnie; it was
only one little step towards a full, two-way link, with email, that I think
would be beneficical to both systems. (With everyone's approval as a
condition).

	I could have handled this better, and I apologize.

	-- thanks, Dave / Gadgets