From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!hp-pcd!tw
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Title: net.db - (nf)
Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.257
Posted: Wed Aug 11 15:16:23 1982
Received: Sun Aug 15 02:01:38 1982

#N:hp-pcd:7000001:000:711
hp-pcd!tw    Aug 11 15:08:00 1982

Ok; enough is enough.  I am *really* tired of having some  random
zero  somewhere  on  the  net  create  a  newsgroup  without ever
consulting anyone.  It is bad enough for benign  newsgroups  such
as  net.wobegon, but I was really disgusted by net.db.  THE LEAST
YOU COULD DO IS FIND OUT IF *ANYONE* BESIDES  YOURSELF  WANTS  TO
READ THIS CRAP!!!  

Is there any way that news administrators can prevent  newsgroups
from   being   created   (by  people  at  remote  sites)  without
intervention?  I really don't  want  to  have  to  do  everything
manually,  but  I  will  if that is what it takes to prevent this
sort of nonsense.  

Tw Cook - HP Personal Computer Div, Corvallis OR - ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!tw