rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates) (10/26/84)
Our contact with the outside world was down for a while, and I don't think that this got out. My apologies if it did. Rick Coates -------- <> I have received the source for 4.2 dtree from a couple of places, thanks to all who responded. This utility seems to be well received by users. I am amused by a couple of replies I received, however, which could be a micro-commentary on the net: (I posted to net.wanted with a comment about how I was being a good boy and not posting to net.sources) > Date: 12 Oct 1984 0321-EST (Friday) > Subject: Re: dtree wanted > In-Reply-To: your article <1833@iddic.UUCP> > > Wrong, Rick! The proper newsgroup for postings requesting software is > > net.sources.wanted > > just created two weeks ago.... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry C. Mensch | User Confuser | Purdue University User Services > {decvax|ucbvax|sequent|icalqa|inuxc|uiucdcs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!pucc-i!ag5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > "How sweet it is to be loved by you . . ." > -- James Taylor > Subject: Re: dtree wanted > References: <1833@iddic.UUCP> > > I don't have a dtree version for 4.2, but I believe I saved the > 4.1 version if you need that. > > Incidently, the "proper" place for "Software Wanted" requests is > net.wanted.sources. > > Dave Schnepper > ios!daves Help! Is it net.sources.wanted or net.wanted.sources? God help me if I post to the wrong newsgroup again! :-) Net.sources.wanted makes the most sense, I think, since that way people who read net.sources would get it. Carry on. or off. whatever. Rick Coates tektronix!iddic!rick
ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) (10/29/84)
> Help! Is it net.sources.wanted or net.wanted.sources? God help me if I post > to the wrong newsgroup again! :-) > > Net.sources.wanted makes the most sense, I think, since that way people who > read net.sources would get it. Unfortunately, it seems that the group has been created as net.wanted.sources. I suggest that every site put the following lines to their /usr/lib/news/aliases file: net.unix.wizards net.unix-wizards net.trivia net.games.trivia net.periph net.periphs net.puzzles net.puzzle net.term net.info-terms net.vlsi net.lsi net.sources.wanted net.wanted.sources These newsgroups seem to be easily confused. -- Ken Turkowski @ CADLINC, Palo Alto, CA UUCP: {amd,decwrl,flairvax,nsc}!turtlevax!ken ARPA: turtlevax!ken@DECWRL.ARPA
chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) (10/30/84)
In article <566@turtlevax.UUCP> ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski) writes: >> Net.sources.wanted makes the most sense, I think, since that way people who >> read net.sources would get it. > >Unfortunately, it seems that the group has been created as >net.wanted.sources. The reason it was created as net.wanted.sources instead of net.sources.wanted was because net.sources.wanted would have been archived anything net.sources was expired and that seemed a silly thing to do. The alias file entry 'net.sources.wanted net.wanted.sources' is a good idea. chuq -- From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA I'd know those eyes from a million years away....