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Article #26Re: motd or similar for readers
From: J Lee Jaap
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:07
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:07
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In article <1992Sep26.134636.3137@julian.uwo.ca> jamie@csd.uwo.ca (J. Blustein) writes:
What is wrong with using news.announce.important? It seems
to me this capability will be open to much abuse.
n.a.i with Distribution: local should provide the same functionality,
except for the fact that the motd would be non-optional whereas any
group is optional for the reader.
There could be several types of messages that a newsadmin could put
in a motd that would be relevant to all readers using that server.
And it's at least as secure as news itself.
Where's the abuse? If you don't trust your newsadmin, whom can you trust?
--
J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@LaRC.NASA.Gov> +1 804/864-2148
employed by, not speaking for, AS&M Inc, at
NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
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Newsgroups: news.future Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!tab00.larc.nasa.gov!jaapjl From: jaapjl@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (J Lee Jaap) Subject: Re: motd or similar for readers In-Reply-To: jamie@csd.uwo.ca's message of Sat, 26 Sep 1992 13:46:36 GMT Message-ID: <JAAPJL.92Sep29110702@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Reply-To: J Lee Jaap <J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov> Organization: AS&M Inc References: <19lefqINNrtv@hpscdf.scd.hp.com> <1992Sep26.134636.3137@julian.uwo.ca> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 15:07:06 GMT Lines: 19