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Article #308Re: What's wrong with rec,soc, etc distribut
From: David Clunie
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 09:29
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 09:29
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In article 1iibb4INN17h@spock.dis.cccd.edu, markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Mark Bixby) writes: >I don't recall seeing this in a FAQ, but from reading various threads in the >news.* groups pertaining to INN's more rigid enforcement of distribution: >headers, the Backbone Cabal feels that comp,rec,soc,etc. distribs are a >Bad Thing, and should be replaced by geographic (world,usa,na) or logical >(inet,cerf) distribs. I don't think there's any technical reason, just a >philosophical one. > This sounds like a terrible idea to me. Living outside the na/usa area where most news comes from, I want to read all this stuff in rec,soc,comp, etc and I don't care who the poster is or where he/she comes from, their words are just as important to me ! Let's face it ... everyone in the world is going to have to get the na and usa distributions to stay in touch, so why change what has been a very effective structure for years ? david
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!flash.pax.tpa.com.au!britt!dclunie From: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au (David Clunie) Newsgroups: news.admin.misc Subject: Re: What's wrong with rec,soc, etc distribut Date: 9 Jan 1993 09:29:16 GMT Organization: Her Master's Voice Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1im5tcINN5qc@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> References: <1iibb4INN17h@spock.dis.cccd.edu> Reply-To: dclunie@pax.tpa.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: britt.pax.tpa.com.au