Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!julian From: julian@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Cost of News Articles Message-ID: <3328@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Sep-84 23:22:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3328 Posted: Sat Sep 29 23:22:40 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Oct-84 04:16:50 EDT References: ecsvax.3317 Lines: 15 When network news articles should be in the 'For Sale -- Auto' section of the local newspaper, then it cheapens the network to have such self-serving articles floating all over the world. Fortunately, there is a relatively small amount of such 'junk' mail, especially compared to our land mail service. To deter abuse of the network in this way, the argument that it costs money may not affect the abusers, since they are already ripping off the net. Perhaps a large volume of nasty reponses back to the abuser would help. How about adding their name to a list of abusers, and checking their name at the home site for abusive mail -- or do we really want to have network censorship? What about a program to check for 'sale' and 'car', etc., before it passes on mail? Phil Julian mcnc!ecsvax!julian