pugsly@isrnix.UUCP (David A. Roth) (12/25/85)
What is this doing in net.general ? This type of article belongs more in net.* . David A. Roth ...decvax!pur-ee!isrnix!pugsly ...ihnp4!inuxc!isrnix!pugsly Indianapolis,IN
hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) (12/25/85)
> > I propose that the net (attempt to) set a standard such that feedback > about notes that advertise on the net do NOT respond to the offending note, > but rather start new notes. > > Right now, some unnamed service in an unnamed net.xxxx notesfile has > quite a coup going. I read it once when it first showed up, and I've gotten > the pleasure of seeing it 5 more times from my automatic sequencer as 5 > responses have come in, one at a time. ... > > Perry Wagle, Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana. Well, that's notes for you. :-) Please don't fix it is such a way that it loses the base note (that description sure fits advertising!) and then generates Orphaned Responses for all the followups. --henry schaffer
gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) (12/27/85)
In article <986@ecsvax.UUCP> hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) writes: >> I propose that the net (attempt to) set a standard such that feedback >> about notes that advertise on the net do NOT respond to the offending note, >> but rather start new notes. > > Well, that's notes for you. :-) Please don't fix it is such a way that it >loses the base note (that description sure fits advertising!) and then >generates Orphaned Responses for all the followups. Why not -- then most of us 'rn' users, who have already added 'Orphaned Response' to the global Kill file, will never be bothered with them :-)