sdyer@bbncc5.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (12/14/85)
> The "sendsys" control message causes a copy of your news "sys" file > to be mailed to the requester. It was included in news a long time > ago to (I assume) provide a method of gathering information for > mapping. I'm not sure it really serves much purpose anymore > and it can probably be removed in future releases of news without > anyone missing it. The sendsys control message is a very useful way to trace connectivity problems due to sites not forwarding certain news groups. There is no other easy way to get this information, and it would be a shame if it disappeared simply because people didn't understand why it was there. -- /Steve Dyer {harvard,seismo}!bbnccv!bbncc5!sdyer sdyer@bbncc5.ARPA