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Article #3814Re: Really funny jokes being missed
From: Giving C News a *HUG*
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 12:37
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 12:37
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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: > In article <F31B429w164w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a * > >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? > > The email was written and addressed to a specific recipient. The news > article was put on the net on a "take it or leave it" basis. Really? Where does it say this? I don't recall anything in the news.announce.newusers postings saying "Your articles may be discarded silently before they reach the net if you make a typo". If the conditions of using Usenet really are that you have to accept 0% confidence in its reliability, then I think that ought to be spelled out. mathew
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.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: <89HF414w164w@mantis.co.uk> Date: 12 Jun 91 12:37:30 GMT References: <1991Jun11.115245.26336@mp.cs.niu.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 20