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Re: ALT.GRAPHICS: Enough already!!!

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From: Richard Childers
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 22:38
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Jef Poskanzer <jef@netcom.com> writes:

>- Since it would require positive action on my part to stop the weekly
>  rmgroups, it's not likely that I'll "back down".  Not so much
>  pig-headedness as simple automation.  There are of course conditions
>  under which I'd shut it down.  Three months without any forged
>  newgroups would do it.

This sets a bad example and leads to things like Bandy's idiot script.

Here at Oracle, we honor newgroups and ignore rmgroups. That won't change
no matter how often you rmgroup alt.graphics.

Pretty inconsiderate, Jef.

-- richard

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