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On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:19:24 -0000, George G <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in
> news:op.t8dwr4kd4buhsv@fx62:
>
>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:31:03 -0000, George G
>> <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote in
>>> news:1ie5uv1.krcdhztc02xzN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk:
>>>
>>>> George G <invali@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Black Dragon <bd@nomail.invalid> wrote in
>>>>> news:fs0h23$2gsq$1@bdhi.local:
>>>>>
>>>>> > George G wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> I've seen many a perfectly good newsgroup ruined by your
>>>>> >> customers thanks to that policy.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > People who set cross posts to irrelevant newsgroups are
>>>>> > far more responsible for noise on Usenet than a few nym
>>>>> > shifters are. One of those people are in fact you.
>>>>> > Congratulations.
>>>>>
>>>>> uk.net.news.config is not an irrelevant newsgroup as many
>>>>> NGs in the uk hierarchy have fallen victim to Altopia
>>>>> trolls.
>>>>
>>>> It was completely irrelevant to your rant against an
>>>> individual (Chris Caputo) and your post is most definitely
>>>> off-topic here since it has nothing to do with the
>>>> configuration of the uk hierarchy.
>>>
>>> It wasn't a rant, it was a statement of fact. Strictly
>>> speaking it is probably off-topic; however, off-topic posts
>>> account for a large proportion of unnc.
>>>
>>>> (Follow-ups set to altnet.general)
>>>
>>> Follow-ups reset. Anyone replying to this post can remove
>>> unnc if they chose to.
>>
>> I propose the news server strips the "follow-up" header.  If
>> you want to change the groups it goes to, then do so in the
>> newsgroups header, people should not be able to post to one
>> set, and have replies go elsewhere.  It's childish.
>
> Take it up with Steve Firth.

For some reason I can't see Steve's posts....

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