avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) (04/25/85)
Since default distributions (by use and definition) are going to be
used more than poster-specific distributions, it'd be nice to have
default distributions be table driven. (Another enhancement!!!) Used
kind of like the news/aliases file is. One would want net.unix,
net.unix-wizards, net.news, and the like to get world wide
distribution. But net.wanted, and some others should probably have a
more local default distribution (regional?). And even "na.forsale"
could become "net.forsale" but with a very local distribution as a
default.
Although there still doesn't seem to be a way of stopping people
from posting "for sale" ads in "net.wanted", it'd certainly limit the
"damage." How many times does someone in Sweden want to see that
there's a house for sale in Naperville, IL (I never noticed... is it
the same person who can't sell the same place or do they have a large
turnover? Just what is it about Naperville???:-)) or to have someone
post to net.wanted a request for a good used car. (Someone might have
a great deal in Oregon. You going to travel 3000 miles to get it?)
Well, it's just free advice. You get what you pay for maybe...
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