Re: a2i newsgroups -- should distribution be to a2i only?

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From: Richard Paul Meier
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:00

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YOU NEED REAL NEWS!!!


David McKay <mck@rahul.net> wrote in article
<6i39sr$ehj$1@samba.rahul.net>...
> Mainly out of curiosity, I perused the DejaNews search engine to see
> how many a2i newsgroup articles were being archived there, and discovered
> that the articles posted to a2i.info by Rahul were not showing up,
> possibly because they had a "Distribution: a2i" line in the header.  
> I didn't see any x-no-archive line in those posts, so I assume the
> "Distribution: a2i" is all it takes to keep our local newgroups local.
> 
> How about it, Rahul -- would it help reduce the spammers' access to a2i
> if we all started putting "Distribution: a2i" in the headers for our 
> posts and followups to a2i newsgroups?   (Sorry if this question has
> been asked & answered before, but darned if I can find it.)
>  
>                                                  -- David McKay
>

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From: "Richard Paul Meier" <werro@flash.net>
Subject: Re: a2i newsgroups -- should distribution be to a2i only?
Date: 1998/04/30
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