Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch From: wbpesch@ihuxp.UUCP (Walt Pesch) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: net overload...duplicate articles Message-ID: <781@ihuxp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 13:22:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxp.781 Posted: Wed Jun 13 13:22:02 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jun-84 00:33:27 EDT References: <1031@nsc.UUCP> <982@linus.UUCP> <15@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 26 I know that using vnews you will not see a posting to multiple newsgroups after the first time that you view the article. Using a single transmission posting to multiple groups therefor does not bother you. And the additional bytes transmitted are the group names for the multiple postings. The problem is when people do not use multiple newsgroups for a posting. They will post to one group after sourcing in a file containing their article, and then will post to another group after sourcing in the same file. Therefor, you have two articles created that are exactly the same except they are destined for differant newsgroups. This is especially prevalient in two local area groups, ih.wanted and chi.wanted. Of course the way to correct this situation is through education. Also, could one way to fix the problem of people posting the same info in differant articles differing only in news groups be to not put an article out onto the net until a time has expired, say an hour, in which an article with the same title is also generated and is in responce to the same references? Walt Pesch AT&T Technologies ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch