emigh@ecsvax.UUCP (06/21/84)
<> Comments From: mzal@pegasus.UUCP >>People posting to the wrong group or posting trash seem to me to >>fit one of two catagories: >>(1) Posting to the wrong group because of some misunderstanding >>about what a group is for. These people will someday pick up on the >>conventions without flaming tirades from other people. >>(2) Posting to the wrong group or posting superfluious messages >>because they are deliberately being rude or seeking attention. >>Flaming at this group only gives them the attention they want. There is a third alternative (at least for posting to the wrong group) --the site does not receive all groups. I am at such a site, except for net.general and net.followup, we do not receive any news that do not relate to computers or "valid" academic research interests. As such, we do not receive net.misc or net.flame or ... For these sites, there is a great temptation to put news notes in net.general that properly belong elsewhere. This does not excuse these people, but it makes their "sin" somewhat more understandable. Before everyone starts feeling sorry for poor ecsvax for not getting net.all, the tradeoff is that we keep a very large collection of news on-line. If I want to get an article from net.micro dated 17 March 1984 on the 4->8->8/16->16... debate, it is still there (not that anyone would want to go back to that debate :-) ). By limiting our news groups (and with a very understanding staff), we are able to keep notes for a relatively long time. -- Ted H. Emigh Genetics and Statistics, North Carolina State U, Raleigh NC USENET: {akgua decvax duke ihnp4 unc}!mcnc!ecsvax!emigh ARPA: decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!emigh@BERKELEY