reid@decwrl.UUCP (08/02/87)
The alt groups now reach about 20% of USENET. For details see the latest readership report in news.lists
gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (08/06/87)
Since the alt groups have been spreading quite a bit, I have reposted
a checkgroups message to alt.config. People running recent versions
of the news software should have no trouble with it; it will update
the lines for "alt" groups in /usr/lib/news/newsgroups, leaving the
rest alone. It will also prompt the news administrator to create any
alt groups that do not already exist at the site, preventing alt
traffic from going into the "junk" newsgroup.
If your site receives this "checkgroups" message, some site is feeding
you the "alt" groups. If you don't want that, ask them to shut it
off. Alt is not for everyone; it's for "everyone who wants it".
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Alt.all: the alternative radio of the Usenet.