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Test #2 x-posted to edm.test....

Date: Sat, 31 JAN 1998 16:32:16 GMT 
From: Mark Forkheim <mforkheim@escape.ca>
Newgroups: wpg.general
Subject: Re: Mbnet "new rules" 

Dave Rose wrote in message <34D3482E.3BC9274F@MBnet.MB.CA>...

>> If the potato farmer in PEI tries to post to pei.general and wpg.general
>> then the post will not get to the MBnet news server. If the farmer tries
to
>> post to just wpg.general it will get through. Not only that but his news
>> server in PEI will get all the responses posted to the MBnet server.

>> Is this correct, or am I still missing a piece?

>Nope. The post he makes will cause an article to show up in pei.general and
>wpg.general on HIS server. WHen it gets to us, we'll accept the pei.general
>(should THEY be exporting their regional groups) but we'll drop the
wpg.general
>one. So effectively he'll be posting an article to an audience that'll
never
>see it.


But as I said, what if he just tries to post to wpg.general? Will it
get
through, even though he is from outside the province? Will he see
responses
posted to the MBnet server show up on his server?

Mark Forkheim
mforkheim@escape.ca
http://www.escape.ca/~mforkheim