Re: motd or similar for readers

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From: David Barr
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 19:39

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In article <1992Sep29.225846.8884@julian.uwo.ca> jamie@csd.uwo.ca (J. Blustein) writes:
>In article <JAAPJL.92Sep29110702@cmb00.larc.nasa.gov> J Lee Jaap
><J.L.Jaap@larc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>>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.

>    Please give me an example of a message so importatnt that everyone
>would have to read it.  

How about:
---
	NNTP will be unavalable from xx:xx to yy:yy, during which the
machine will be down for a hardware upgrade.
---
	This news system will no longer be carrying the foo.baz heirarchy
beginning Nov 1.
---
	Please restrict your use of this NNTP server to off-peak hours,
(6pm-8am EST).  Some of use have a life, you know.
---

My apologies on your lack of imagination.

--Dave
-- 
System Administrator, Population Research Institute    barr@pop.psu.edu
  "An analogy is like instant coffee: it can wake you up, but it's
  not the real thing"  -- Peter da Silva

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From: barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr)
Subject: Re: motd or similar for readers
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