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From: avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: elementary posting rules
Message-ID: <677@decuac.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 12:30:29 EST
Article-I.D.: decuac.677
Posted: Wed Nov  6 12:30:29 1985
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References: <202@bambi.UUCP>
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In article <202@bambi.UUCP>, mike@bambi.UUCP (Michael Caplinger) writes:

> 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?

    Mike, take a look sometime at the list posted from Seismo of
"Known Versions of News" in existance.  People are running versions of
news that are 3 years old and 3 versions old. (For example, by the
header I see that site bambi runs news 2.10.1 created on 6/24/83.
2.10.2 has been around for over a year now.) Software changes for
enforcement of rules will never work since there is no way to make
people install them. (People don't, even when there are free and
better versions available!)