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From: xanthian@saturn.ADS.COM (Metafont Consultant Account)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria,news.groups
Subject: crossposting wars (was Re: sci.aquaria.birdfeed (was: Guppies))
Summary: flame about inappropriate crossposting
Keywords: bird-brains crosspost to force articles onto unwilling subscribers
Message-ID: <10857@saturn.ADS.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 90 18:32:00 GMT
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Dean,

Carrying a newsgroup is a subscriber's choice.  If I choose not to
carry a newsgroup, it is because 1) I can't afford the costs (disk
space, phone charges, download time), or 2) I have no interest in the
subject matter.

When you crosspost simply to bypass my subscription choice, you are
saying to me that I am a fool who should not be allowed to choose
whether to read your posting, so you are going to force it onto my
system anyway.

Please forgive me if I get a bit irate as a result.  [No, I'm not a
sysop any more; I'm speaking in the "generic 'me'". ;-) ]
--
Again, my opinions, not the account furnishers'.

xanthian@well.sf.ca.us (Kent Paul Dolan)
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Just another "overqualified" (read over 40 and previously well paid)
unemployed/unemployable computer graphics programming guru.

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