allen@sulaco.UUCP (Allen Gwinn) (09/27/88)
As most of you realize, there has been a group of us actively involved in pointing out what we have felt were administrative deficiencies at the Portal System (tm) in California. Aside from the "mass-posting", some of us have been in contact directly with the system management at Portal. Last Friday, I got a phone call from Mr. John Little, President, Portal Communications. He informed me that Portal has begun some rather significant changes. They are going to begin placing their poster's REAL name (along with other information) in the article header thus eliminating their problem with "pseudo" abuse. After this change is in place, the recent administrative sanctions imposed last week, will be lifted. They are also putting into place, a procedure for more closer monitoring of Usenet postings (especially by new users). In addition, they are going to begin to establish email connections with other net sites (killer and sulaco will both be connected shortly). They have also agreed to provide news feeds to other sites downline from them. During the course of my discussions with John Little, I found him to be a very reasonable person, and highly interested in the impact of his system on Usenet. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank him for his cooperation in this matter. In addition, I would like to thank everyone who has taken an active participation (and even those who just sent letters of support). I would further like to appologize to those people who have felt inconvenienced and offended during the course of events. This was never our intent. Once again, thanks again. -- Allen Gwinn ...sulaco!allen Disclaimer: The facts stated are my own. |Olympic Trivia: In 1960, East German pole-vaulter Hans Zimmer set a new world| |record with his 17'9" vault. Today, he's West German pole-vaulter Hans Zimmer|