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Article #3793Re: Really funny jokes being missed
From: Giving C News a *HUG*
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 15:33
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 15:33
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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: > In article <oT8633w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *H > >So tell me: why is it OK to silently throw away news a person has written, > >but not OK to silently throw away mail a person has written? > > Firstly C-news does not silently throw away news. It reports it to the > local administrator. That is silent *to the user*. I am speaking from the perspective of a user of the system. So FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A USER OF THE SYSTEM, why is it OK to silently throw away news that person has written, but not OK to silently throw away mail that person has written? mathew
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <F31B429w164w@mantis.co.uk> Date: 10 Jun 91 15:33:26 GMT References: <1991Jun7.160730.11982@mp.cs.niu.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 19