perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (08/22/83)
I surrender! You cannot stop idiots from posting anything they want to
net.general. All you can do is inform any offenders and hope that one or
two of them were previously mis-informed. However, chances are much greater
(running about 62%) that you will get a very obnoxious flame returned.
Here is the last list of people who posted articles to net.general that
obviously didn't belong there. The list covers only 6 days' news and is
not complete (I'm sure).
By the way, I am resisting the strong temptation to post this to net.general
as a petulant gesture. I never wanted to police the net, and I am not going
to do that. I only hope that the net will survive the sudden surge in misuse
that is always intendant on September and the influx of new students at the
university sites on the net.
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Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxl!mhuxm!pyuxi!u1100a!sr
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: On-line Seminars
Posted: Wed Aug 17 10:14:34 1983
RealName: Steve Radtke
Organization: Western Electric at BTL, Piscataway
Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!abeles
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: Non-Pressured Group for Jewish Singles in Highland Park
Posted: Thu Aug 18 17:30:43 1983
Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill
Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dipalma
Newsgroups: net.general, net.misc
Subject: moving
RealName: Louis DiPalma
Posted: Fri Aug 19 10:59:30 1983
Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcattb!sdccsu3!ix777
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: tset for C - 64
Posted: Wed Aug 17 13:00:14 1983
RealName: Geoff Walton
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Student System 3
Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekchips!teklabs!keithe
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: laywers as the ultimate crooks
Posted: Fri Aug 19 12:18:05 1983
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5e!hou5d!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!sb1!mb2c!hfhrv!steve
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.general,net.wanted,net.unix
Subject: UNIX for IBM Request
RealName: Steve Lund
Posted: Thu Aug 18 11:48:16 1983
Path: utcsrgv!utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekecs!orca!curts
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: emacs vs. vi
RealName: Curt Stephens
Posted: Fri Aug 19 16:10:40 1983
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Stephen Perelgut Computer Systems Research Group University of Toronto
{ linus, ihnp4, allegra, floyd }!utcsrgv!perelgutrcj@burl.UUCP (08/24/83)
Any thoughts on which would be easier to prevent/cut-down-on -- original articles posted to the improper newsgroup, or the 47 followup articles that don't belong there either. I admit that the original "emacs-vs.-vi articles in net.general" are the real culprits here, but maybe it would be more effective to try and stop the torrent of followups rather than the original articles themselves. Maybe an argument to the 'f' option in readnews that would indicate the group in which the followupper would like his followup to appear? -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3814 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ floyd sb1 mhuxv ]!burl!rcj