tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) (10/19/89)
Another thing we could do to cut down chatter in source groups is modify the common newsreaders to automatically redirect followups to the associated discussion group. The algorithm would be: if following up to a non-null article, then if the newsgroup contains ".sources" but does not end in ".d", then if newsgroup.d exists, then change the Newsgroups: header line to newsgroup.d This would take a while to percolate through but would be a civilized thing to do. It would not affect original postings (followups to the null article at end-of-group in RN) or explicit invocations of Pnews, but would still make a difference. -- 1955-1975: 36 Elvis movies. | Tom Neff 1975-1989: nothing. | tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET
amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker) (10/19/89)
In article <14767@bfmny0.UU.NET>, tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes: > Another thing we could do to cut down chatter in source groups is modify > the common newsreaders to automatically redirect followups to the associated > discussion group. The algorithm would be: > > if following up to a non-null article, then > if the newsgroup contains ".sources" but does not end in ".d", then > if newsgroup.d exists, then > change the Newsgroups: header line to newsgroup.d > A simpler way would be to just have a little file somewhere that had a list of pairs of newsgroups. If you're in one that matches the first in a pair, use the second one of the pair as a default "Followup-To:". Simple, general. -- Amanda Walker <amanda@intercon.com> "Tobacco is the only drug in America that will kill you if it's taken as directed." --Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General