Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: elementary posting rules Message-ID: <3132@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 15:03:13 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.3132 Posted: Tue Nov 12 15:03:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 02:46:33 EST References: <202@bambi.UUCP> <1131@jhunix.UUCP> Organization: USAMC ALMSA, St. Louis, MO Lines: 12 In <1131@jhunix.UUCP> ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Kenneth Adam Arromdee) writes: >PS: I am pleased to announce that Johns Hopkins no longer prohibits reading >of net.news or net.news.group, though other groups such as most other ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >net.news.* subgroups and net.unix are still on the proscribed list. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is more bizarre than anything ever in net.bizarre was... Anybody ever see a rational explanation for this sort of thing? Why anybody would restrict access to stuff like the new-site announcements in net.news.config or the technical info in net.unix is completely beyond me... Muchly strangeness... Will