crum@lipari.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) (12/17/89)
I attempted to post an article to comp.sys.sun around 15-Nov, and about one month later (11-Dec) the article appeared in USC's comp.sys.sun news spool. Worse than the delay is the fact that the "Date:" line on the message lists 5-Dec, not the day I composed the message. In this case, it's no big deal, but this is yet another reason that topics like Suns should not be left to moderated newsgroups only. The message I'm talking about had the subject "YP passwd map capacity", and it was in fact posted to this group (alt.sys.sun) on 5-Dec in a modified form (not the same as the message that appeared in comp.sys.sun on 11-Dec). I posted it to alt.sys.sun after "timing out". Maybe the reason it as approved by the moderator was the fact that I posted it here, but unless my attempt to post to comp.sys.sun didn't get the message to the moderator, it seems that comp.sys.sun moderation is susceptible to corruption like that of communist governments. (Okay, more like the ordinary mis-quoting and bias of all news media except unmoderated newsgroups.) Just for your information, Gary