campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) (09/13/86)
Apologies for cross-posting this to net.sources, but this seems to be the only way to reach some people. PLEASE people! net.sources is for SOURCE CODE ONLY! This newsgroup has fallen to a new low lately; for every source posting, there are five or ten requests for larn patches, or ARC sources, or debates about soundex algorithms. None of this stuff belongs in net.sources! The appropriate newsgroups to use for non-source code postings are: net.sources.bugs Postings of bug fixes net.sources.d Discussions (debates, flames) about sources net.wanted.sources "Does anyone have larn part III version 19?" net.micro.pc Discussions about IBM-flavor personal computers Following is a list of sites from which inappropriate net.sources postings have emanated during the last month. (I've removed user names to prevent personal embarrassment.) Would the system administrators at these sites PLEASE make sure that their users are aware of Usenet etiquette, and especially that they're aware that net.sources is for SOURCE CODE ONLY? I've directed followups to net.news.group, where they belong. ARPANET or BITNET users who can't get net.news.group should send me mail if they want to discuss this. Do NOT followup to net.sources! IMPOLITE USENET SITES ===================== Shasta galbp nikhefk uicsl batcomputer homxb nrtc-gremlin.arpa umix beaver hoptoad oliveb unc biomed houligan.uucp omssw1 usc-oberon bpa hp-pcd psuvax1 usl cbuxc hpuslma psuvm.bitnet uwslh cheops idec pucc-j vax1 chinet ihlpa scirtp vax135 condor ihlpl sdcrdcf virgo cory.Berkeley.EDU ihuxf smoke vixie cyb-eng megatest spice.cs.cmu.edu watale dartvax micropro ssc-bee watnot dciem mipos3 stl wdl1 ektools mirror tekgvs whuts elmgate.uucp netxcom tektronix fritz nicmad ugacs -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvard.ARPA 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 UUCP: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell (617) 367-6846