Re: Passing on unwanted groups

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 1990 20:46

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In article <3ND5KOC@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>> Somehow I doubt this; B News didn't exactly hold your hand every step of
>> the way either.
>
>It did a better job than C news. Really. C news is a far superior product
>once you get it installed, but it's a pain to install and there are all
>sorts of administration gotchas...

Opinions vary on this.  We've had no shortage of "went in fine, no problems"
comments, and several comments that it's much more sysadmin-friendly (!).
It may be that one's background makes a difference, with some things not
being done the way some people are used to.
-- 
Committees do harm merely by existing. | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                       -Freeman Dyson  |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu   utzoo!henry

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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Passing on unwanted groups
Message-ID: <1990Aug24.204636.8619@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Aug15.164651.26664@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Aug21.161506.21784@zoo.toronto.edu> <3ND5KOC@xds13.ferranti.com>
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