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From: mike@bambi.UUCP (Michael Caplinger)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: elementary posting rules
Message-ID: <202@bambi.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 18:43:38 EST
Article-I.D.: bambi.202
Posted: Mon Nov  4 18:43:38 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 09:44:59 EST
Organization: Bell Communications Research
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Why aren't the following three rules enforced?

1) No automatic cross-posting (responses to the "first" or "best" of the
original's groups by default).

2) No automatic quoting of messages.  If people want to quote, make them
work hard to do it.  Maybe they'll find it easier to paraphrase.

3) No messages with less than X lines of content, for X on the order of
10.  Content is NOT quotes or signatures.  Maybe that would stop the
stupid "me too" message from being sent.

It seems a simple matter to add (or in case 2, subtract) the needed
functionality from the user software.  Wouldn't this help reduce useless
traffic?

	Michael Caplinger
	mike@bellcore.arpa
	ihnp4!bambi!mike