Re: Usenet groups on MCS

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From: Barry A Barr
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 00:00

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>Yes, we started doing that when the "alt.barney.dinosaur.die.die.die.die"
>stuff started around here.  That kind of newgroup/rmgroup war is highly
>destructive and serves no useful purpose, as well as possibly interfering
>with legitimate operations of the groups.  So we whacked the newgroup
>procedure so as to not automatically honor them in areas other than the 
>Big 7.

Who are you to censor/decide what your users are able to view. If it
is out there, they should be able to make those decisions for
themselves.
>--

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From: barry@wwa.com (Barry A Barr)
Subject: Re: Usenet groups on MCS
Date: 1995/07/27
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