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From: bytebug@pertec.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: net|us|world.all newsgroups
Message-ID: <145@pertec.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 10-Jun-84 23:47:59 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 10 23:47:59 1984
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> The reason I'm asking this is that there seems to be a great deal of
> traffic on the net that is NOT relevant for worldwide distribution. There
> has been a great deal of discussion/argument in the European net (eunet)
> recently on the fact that netnews does cost a non-trivial sum, and therefore
> shouldn't we stop getting useless (sic) groups. The method of doing this
> seems to be that whoever slags off their pet hate groups the loudest gets
> them removed.

I don't really think the answer is to create a bunch of usa.* newsgroups.
Everyone should set up for a 'usa' distribution in their 'sys' files, and
then just get everyone in the habit (i.e. add to the Emily Post article)
of entering a 'usa' distribution for their articles.  Non-'usa' sites who
wanted to receive 'usa' articles would have to be set up to receive usa.all
in their 'sys' files.  

I'm new to the net, but isn't that how it's supposed to work?

	-roger long
	 trwrb!pertec!bytebug