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Article #8278Re: Avoiding multiple copies of news messages
From: james.mumper
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 05:25
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1990 05:25
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In article <3235@taux01.UUCP> crehta@taux01.nsc.com (Ran Ever-Hadani) writes: >I looking for a way to avoid the problem of having many users saving >multiple copies of news messages; my problem has to do mostly with >large documents distributed via local newsgroups, documents that many >people may like to save. > >What comes to mind is a package that will maintain a common area in >which a single copy of any news article saved will reside; every user >will have a file containing pointers to the articles he "saved" (of What about users who wish to save the file in order to edit it and re-send it as a response? How will they be able to accomplish this? It makes sense to do what you are proposing disk-space wise but it doesn't allow the user to make any changes to the file. -- ________________________________________________________________________________ | James A. Mumper |#include <silly.quote>|Disclaimer: All opinions | | jimm@cbnewsi.ATT.COM | |are mine and not those of | | | |my employer. |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!ulysses!terminus!attdso!westmark!att!cbnewsi!jimm From: jimm@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (james.mumper) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Avoiding multiple copies of news messages Summary: What about editing? Message-ID: <1822@cbnewsi.ATT.COM> Date: 6 Feb 90 05:25:44 GMT References: <3235@taux01.UUCP> Reply-To: jimm@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (james.mumper,hr,) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21