Re: What is this??

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From: Stephen Harker
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 00:00

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Simon Webb <simon_webb@elec.uow.edu.au> writes:

> I lobbed into this newsgroup expecting to find useful stuff regarding
> the use of TeX/LaTeX, but I fing it full of spam and off topic
> material.  Might I suggest that areply to spam messgaes (eg the condom
> ad) just adds to the volume of trash that obscures the useful material
> (that I expected to find).  Excuse me for telling you how to run your
> newsgroup, but I suggest someone either change the name or clean things
> up a little.

It is a non-moderated newsgroup so no-one controls postings.  At best
it always had a low rate of postings, most people tend to post to
comp.text.tex rather than aus.computers.tex.  With a low volume of
legitimate posts the spam content and off-topic posts tends to
dominate.  It could be questioned whether it is worth keeping the
group in this situation.

-- 
Stephen Harker                                        s-harker@adfa.edu.au
School of Physics               Baloney Baffles brains: Eric Frank Russell
University College
UNSW, ADFA

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