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Re: nntp newsfeed for bit.*

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From: Joseph Malcolm
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1992 18:35
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In article <92047.085547JIM@auvm.american.edu> Jim McIntosh <jim@american.edu> writes:
>In article <1992Feb15.144011.2348@yfn.ysu.edu>, doug@yfn2.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell)
>As a  service to the  networking community, in  order to provide  a wider
>distribution for  bit.** groups, and  because we are the  primary gateway
>for bit.** and therefore it makes the most sense for us to do it, we have
>been providing nntp bit.** feeds to anyone who asks for one.
>
>In order to keep  as much bandwidth open as possible we  do not intend to
>provide full  feeds to  any additional sites,  but will  provide bit-only
>feeds upon request. If you hear of someone who needs a feed of the bit.**
>groups, have them write to me or to Jeff Kight (jkight@american.edu)

SURAnet will provide feeds of bit.* (or any other hierarchy) via nntp
to any SURAnet customer. Since American feeds us, we're in a fairly
good position to do this.

-- 
Joseph Malcolm			(Yes, with two l's, dammit!)
jmalcolm@sura.net		
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From: jmalcolm@sura.net (Joseph Malcolm)
Subject: Re: nntp newsfeed for bit.*
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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1992 18:35:40 GMT