Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!nathanm From: nathanm@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.general Subject: net.general Message-ID: <700003@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 12:58:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.700003 Posted: Fri Jun 1 12:58:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 20:18:40 EDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #N:hpcvre:700003:000:1138 Nf-From: hpcvre!nathanm Jun 1 08:58:00 1984 Olympics tickets? Want ads? Ride offerings? Path querys? net.general is CHOKING! I can't remember the last time I saw a posting in net.general that didn't really belong elsewhere. Are there suddenly bunches of new users who don't know better? PLEASE, people, study up on netiquette. Despite my earlier complaint about those who send unnecessarily nasty notes to perpetrators (which netted me some interesting hate mail), I certainly realize how bad the problem has become. This group travels throughout the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. It is (or was) the most widely read group of them all because it is meant for general interest items. Selling Olympics tickets is not general interest. Want ads are not general interest. There's a place for such notices, and net.general ain't it. There is net.wanted, net.travel, net.net-people, to name a few. There is net.flame for notes such as this, but I am trying to reach maximal offenders with minimal effort. Please, THINK before you post! net.news.group publishes a semimonthly list of active newsgroups and their topics -- study up. ---------- Nathan Meyers hp-pcd!nathanm