nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (08/09/83)
4-Jul-83 01:05:23-EDT,932;000000000001
Date: 4 Jul 1983 01:05:15-EDT
From: genrad!allegra!watmath!bstempleton at mit-eddie
To: genrad!mit-eddie!nessus@mit-eddie
I see you have posted an article to net.test.
Why is it you need to test the entire net, which consists of over 600
sites? Surely you could have found a smaller subnet to do your testing
in, or better still just used a specially created group that starts with
something like "to.". When you post to a group that starts with "net."
other sites are keyed to spread this everywhere, including to England,
parts of Europe, Canada, the USA and even Australia. Please don't use
net.test unless you are really testing the whole net.
The net is an informal, distributed world with no central authority.
Thus rules must be "enforced" by reminders by other users.
net.test was a mistake and can't be easily removed because of the lack
of authority. This is why I have sent you this message.
--
Doug Alan
decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!nessus
Nessus@MIT-MC