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In article <DALTON.93Mar24041536@wrang.Geop.UBC.CA>, dalton@wrang.Geop.UBC.CA (David Dalton) writes:
> I have problems lately with postings in which I specify
> 
> Distribution: bc
> 
> being read at some (if not all) sites around the US and
> possibly elsewhere, and have received a couple of flames.
> 
> Is this a problem with my local posting software (gnus),
> the newserver (iskut.ucs.ubc.ca) news software,
> perhaps some bcnet routing software, or the news software
> of the people who are getting the messages?

The distributions you specify are interpreted by the *receiving* news system. 
There is absolutely nothing you can do about it.  If you get flamed, politely
remind the flamer that their own news administrator has determined which
distributions their site has chosen to receive.

Our own site accepts all distributions which means that if you specified a ubc
distribution and then ubc forwarded it to us, we would accept it and post it
like any other article.

Distributions are poorly supported throughout the world.  Some discussions have
taken place in the news. hiearchy but I don't believe any decisions have been
taken.

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