bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce D. Becker) (05/08/91)
In article <1991May7.221933.15763@ceilidh.beartrack.com> dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) writes: | | He may never see your response, if he's looking in 'unix-pc.*'. If |it passes through even ONE site running B-news which has 'unix-pc.*' aliased |to 'comp.sys.3b1', your newsgroup line will get mangled to 'comp.sys.3b1'. |See the Newsgroups: line from your article as seen at my site. | | Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 | | I responded to him by e-mail (if it doesn't get bounced by some |site along the way :-) to explain the situation (including the newsgroup |change by aliasing) to him. | | Isn't it about time to turn off the aliasing now? Then we can not be |bothered by these postings. (Is there anyone out there who still NEEDS |'unix-pc.*' to get their news?) I have never aliased "unix-pc" newsgroups to "comp.*.3b1" for that reason; there are still folks out there who use them. I don't think they are getting the very best informational deal, but I also don't think it's my right to mess with their usage. I don't think it's a good idea therefore to rmgroup the "unix-pc" newsgroups; like the old joke goes, "don't worry, it fall off by itself"... -- ,u, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ontario a /i/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `\o\-e UUCP: ...!utai!mnetor!becker!bdb _< /_ "It's the death of the net as we know it (and I feel fine)" - R.A.M.