Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site circadia.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!circadia!dave From: dave@circadia.UUCP (David Messer) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group,net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Fear and Loathing on the Clouds Message-ID: <199@circadia.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 08:49:29 EST Article-I.D.: circadia.199 Posted: Mon Nov 4 08:49:29 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 07:49:57 EST References: <614@h-sc1.UUCP> <1817@hao.UUCP>, <1078@trwrdc.UUCP> <642@hou2b.UUCP> Organization: Quest Research Inc., Burnsville, MN Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.news:4306 net.news.group:4398 net.flame:12677 > Instead of removing the groups, why not make it impossible to > cross-post from them. Thus something posted to net.politics, > net.flame, and net.misc, e.g., will only go to net.politics. And for that matter; is cross-posting really necessary at all? A large part of the information flood is caused by people cross-posting to every newsgroup they can think of. For instance, the above newsgroup list (unchanged from the original posting). Net.flame is the worst group for this; virtually every posting in net.flame is cross-posted to the group to which the sender wants to flame. -- David Messer UUCP: ...ihnp4!circadia!dave FIDO: 14/415 (SYSOP)