KJBSF@SLACVM.BITNET (10/14/86)
Date: 13 October 1986, 15:29:05 PST From: Kevin J. Burnett x3330 <KJBSF@SLACVM> To: <INFO-ATARI16@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU> Subject: This is getting Ridiculous Forwarded-from: KJBSF%SLACVM.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU Subject: This is getting ridiculous Over the period Thursday-Sunday, I received about 20000 lines of mail from the info-atari16 mailing list, most of it uuencoded programs that I neither needed nor wanted. I don't enjoy having to wade through all this junk, especially when I have a program that automatically concatenates all of the atari messages into one file. There is no way to differentiate between a 1500 line program and a regular message. It would be nice if one of the following could be done: a) A separate list for programs is created b) we adopt some special Subject: line to differentiate programs c) we stop postingg such long things over the net I don't enjoy getting 9000 lines of proff or whatever and then hearing in another message that the whole pile doesn't work, and I'm sure the people who run the system here don't like having my reader jammed like this.
"Michael_Krause.ROCH"@XEROX.COM (10/14/86)
I agree with you about the heavy traffic. I've enjoyed getting all of the great stuff about the Atari ST's but the GARBAGE is rediculous. I never did count but I probably received over 150 - 200 messages weekly just from this list. I don't have an ST but was(?) interested in getting one. It seems to me that the actual expense of communicating all of the encrypted code to my mail box alone is a price that I would not want to pay and am sure that others feel the same way. So...... It's been nice but see you around. No more Atari mail for me; I've had enough. Mike
turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (10/15/86)
> atari messages into one file. There is no way to differentiate between a > 1500 line program and a regular message. It would be nice if one of the > following could be done: > a) A separate list for programs is created > b) we adopt some special Subject: line to differentiate programs > c) we stop postingg such long things over the net > > I don't enjoy getting 9000 lines of proff or whatever and then hearing in > another message that the whole pile doesn't work, and I'm sure the people > who run the system here don't like having my reader jammed like this. as a major offender, i couldn't agree more, i here by volunteer to moderate mod.atari16.sources, any objections ?? comments??? -- ---- These are days for the locust to eat - Winston Churchill Name: James M. Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner CompuServe: 76327,1575 GEnie : D-ARCANGEL
bammi@case.CSNET ("Jwahar R. Bammi") (10/16/86)
That is what the 'd' key in mail is for! You don't HAVE to read your mail, just look at the subject line and say No Thankyou.
KJBSF@slacvm.BITNET (10/17/86)
Date: 16 October 86 17:19-PST From: KJBSF@SLACVM To: INFO-ATARI16@SCORE Subject: Re: Re: This is getting ridiculous Date: 16 October 1986, 17:12:36 PST From: Kevin J. Burnett x3330 <KJBSF@SLACVM> To: <INFO-ATARI16@SCORE.STANFORD> Subject: Re: Re: This is getting ridiculous In response to bammi%case.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA: I don't live on a unix system; the size of my directory and reader are small (I have a 2-cylinder disk for IBMers), so I am always in need of as much space as possible for many things besides info-atari16. I didn't want to get into an argument about this, but I thought I should just emphasize the fact that the people on this list are on MANY different kinds of computers, not just unixes and DEC-20's with +INF directories. There are also many different mail reading programs around; did you notice that I said that there is a program I have tha automatically takes all the info-atari16 files and puts them into a pseudo-digest form for other people to read on my system? Well, enough of this. I see someone has volunteered to moderate a mod.atari16.sources (or whatever), which might just solve the whole problem. - Kevin Burnett
ACS19@UHUPVM1.BITNET (Mike Vederman) (10/17/86)
I like it just the way it is, also living on an IBM system. I don't have the time or patience to track down all sorts of different groups. Half of which I don't receive on the 3B20 via USENET. This group via Arpanet insures I get it all. Mike