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From: kgdykes@watbun.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.news.group
Subject: Pet Peeve - net.micro.*
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 23:32:53 EDT
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  I am not interested in APPLES, PCs, CPM and a whole bunch of
other specialty sub-groups, but by subscribing to just net.micro
I seem to have to wade through the junk from the subgroups anyway!
Must people always send a copy to net.micro when posting to a 
specialty subgroup -- can they not think first if it is of
"general" micro interest or not covered by a subgroup???
And if cross-posting a LARGE article (gt. one screenfull) does seem 
necessary, couldnt a "pointer" note to the large article in the
specialty group be just submitted to the more general net.micro?

A small sampling from the last 2 or 3 days...
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.micro
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cpm
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.apple
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.trs-80
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cbm
  Newsgroups: net.math,net.med,net.micro,net.micro.cpm,net.micro.pc,net.sources
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.trs-80
  Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.pc

          - Ken Dykes
            Software Development Group, U. of Waterloo
            Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  N2L 3G1
            {clyde,utzoo}!watmath!watbun!kgdykes