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Re: INN weirdness

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From: Rich Salz
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:20
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In <hj41Hxpsjb@atlantis.psu.edu> barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
>	This seems rather odd that INN works like this.  I mean,
>in what circumstanses would you want not to feed a site a heirarchy
>of newsgroups, yet pass control messages for that heirarchy?
There are sites that want to see ALL newgroup messages, even if they do
not get some groups.  Suppose some undergrad posts a message to
psu.sex,comp.unix.wizards.  Email erupts around the net and a harried sys
admin is waken up at 10am to cancel the article.  They're tired, and
inadvertently post the cancel only to psu.sex.  Should the cancel get
propagated everywhere, or at least be given the option?

INN gives you the tools to be flexible.  It's a sharp tool, so you have to
be careful and read the documentation.
	/r$
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From: rsalz@rodan.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
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Subject: Re: INN weirdness
Date: 22 Dec 1992 11:20:40 -0500
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