Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ritcv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!rocksvax!ritcv!smv8890 From: smv8890@ritcv.UUCP (Steve Valentine) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group Subject: Re: Removing net.flame Message-ID: <8805@ritcv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 16:59:25 EDT Article-I.D.: ritcv.8805 Posted: Tue Jun 25 16:59:25 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 05:09:34 EDT References: <3892@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: smv8890@ritcv.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.news:3490 net.news.group:3184 Summary: As I am sure others will point out, harpooning net.flame will likely have the effect of scattering the flames to the four winds, and they will land on all the other poor, unsuspecting net-groups out there. What would perhapps be a better solution would be to prevent posting flames to multiple news-groups, (as I believe that this is how the current brew-ha-ha got started). This would have the effect of containing the flames more effectively, rather than fanning them. "Burnin' down the house!" - Steve Valentine - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY - UUCP: {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!smv8890 - ARPA: ritcv!smv8890@rochester - CSNET: smv8890@rit