Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.news,net.flame Subject: Re: Re: cleaning up the net -- software revisited Message-ID: <371@baylor.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 17:19:21 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.371 Posted: Mon Aug 12 17:19:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Aug-85 00:19:05 EDT References: <3023@nsc.UUCP> <142@ucla-cime.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria Lines: 21 Xref: linus net.news:3008 net.flame:10634 > In article <3023@nsc.UUCP> chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > >Followup-fan-in: A better (and probably easier to implement) form of > > followup-fan-in has been suggested. Rather than mung out the header of > > followups, mung out the header of all articles with a non-null > > 'followup-to' so that it will followup to the first newsgroup on the > > newsgroup list. > > This is a good idea. This is a bad idea. What happens if I don't read net.foo, but followup to a message posted on net.bar,net.foo? I won't see any responses to my followup! I don't see any reason why followups can't just hang around the groups they started with the way they do now. > make the news softeare more of a mess than it already is. I for one vote no. 2 votes. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076