Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site floyd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!gummo!whuxlb!floyd!trb From: trb@floyd.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: cost of sending netnews to aliens Message-ID: <1869@floyd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 31-Jul-83 12:15:09 EDT Article-I.D.: floyd.1869 Posted: Sun Jul 31 12:15:09 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Aug-83 16:06:03 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ Lines: 19 I have suggested this in private communications, but I don't think I've mentioned it on the net. Whaddya think: People are complaining about the cost of sending netnews over long distances, particularly across the Atlantic. Luckily, there are only two or three feeds to Europe, philabs, decvax, vax135. So, tell ya what we should do. Hack readnews to allow a *moderator* on each of those systems to approve each article that gets enqueued to get sent to Europe. The moderator would just type y/n after reading each article. With moderators at two or three different sites, the effect of personal preferences would probably be eliminated, but Europe wouldn't have to see our used car ads or multi answers to queries about the true meaning of foo. This would make it a bit slower for the moderator to read netnews, but not terribly much, and the benefit of the service should outweigh the inconvenience. Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491