Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!steven From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: na.forsale Message-ID: <6103@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 08:03:49 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.6103 Posted: Thu Oct 18 08:03:49 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 02:00:21 EDT References: <10468@gatech.UUCP> Reply-To: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 12 Summary: In article <10468@gatech.UUCP spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) writes: > I have received a fair amount of mail recently suggesting that "na.forssale" > be deleted and replaced by "net.forsale". The arguement here is that people > shoud restrict the distribution themselves. Furthermore, sites in Europe > and Asia can simply not have the group sent to them, thus achieving the same > goal as the "na" part of the group. Why does it bother anyone that it's called na.forsale? It seems to me a good idea because it explicitely states its maximum distribution; no one gets the idea that it also goes to net. Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@mcvax