mhw@lock60.UUCP (Mark H. Weber) (02/09/91)
In article <982@gnosys.svle.ma.us> gst@gnosys.svle.ma.us (Gary S. Trujillo) writes: >In <1201@galaxia.Newport.RI.US> dave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US > (David H. Brierley) writes: > >> Please, please, please, would everyone remember not to post any articles to >> unix-pc.sources anymore... > >[ detailed description of problems & reasons for said problems deleted ] > > ... If we're having these kinds of problems, there's a bug in the design > or implementation, as I see it. > Yes, you're right. The unanticipated problem is caused by the aliasing of an unmoderated group (unix-pc.sources) to a moderated group (comp.sources.3b1). > >Can someone propose a solution to the problem cited by David that avoids >us abandoning the unix-pc.* newsgroups until we're ready? > One solution would be to change unix-pc.sources to be a moderated group. This is probably not worth the effort, considering the short lifetime remaining for the unix-pc groups. The other option I can see is to change the aliases so that postings to the old unix-pc.sources go to comp.sys.3b1 rather than comp.sources.3b1. While this is not a perfect solution, it does eliminate the problem of the multiple files being sent to dave@galaxia. There probably aren't going to be too many more postings to unix-pc.sources anyway, and if there are some, they won't add much to the volume of comp.sys.3b1. This will only be necessary for the duration of the transition period. I suspect that Dave would rather scan comp.sys.3b1 for the occasional source posting than receive 50 copies of them via email. While we're at it, we can all change our unix-pc.test alias to point to misc.test, rather than comp.sys.3b1. So, to summarize, please update your unix-pc aliases as follows: unix-pc.general comp.sys.3b1 (no change) unix-pc.uucp comp.sys.3b1 (no change) unix-pc.bugs comp.sys.3b1 (no change) unix-pc.sources comp.sys.3b1 (was comp.sources.3b1) unix-pc.test misc.test (was comp.sys.3b1) -- Mark H. Weber ( mhw@Schuylkill.Canal.Org ) "Schuylkill" (skool' kill) Mont Clare ( ...!uunet!cbmvax!cgh!lock60!mhw ) is a Dutch word meaning PA USA ( ...!psuvax1!burdvax!gvlv2!lock60!mhw ) "hidden river"