Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcnc!xanth!john From: john@xanth.UUCP (John Owens) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: EndOfSourcesList+AnnouncementOfNetOmbudsman Message-ID: <1482@xanth.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 22:11:55 EDT Article-I.D.: xanth.1482 Posted: Fri Jul 3 22:11:55 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 19:37:50 EDT References: <267@brandx.rutgers.edu> <1610@celtics.UUCP> <275@brandx.rutgers.edu> Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va. Lines: 31 Keywords: solving the moderation bottleneck In article <275@brandx.rutgers.edu>, webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes: > > Please create > > a specific distribution code for messages rammed into newsgroups > Creating a specific distribution code is IDENTICAL to creating a > unmoderated group which is EXACTLY what is being requested and has > been requested for the last month. No, No, No! BOB, you're continually decreasing you're credibility. First, a new distribution code does not create a line in the active file, does not count against the newsgroup limit, and, most importantly, does not create a new place for the articles to reside, but just puts them in the newsgroup(s) the article was posted to. This article has a distribution of "world". If it had a distribution of "usa" it would still show up in comp.sources.d, but on less machines. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference unless you looked at the headers. Second, what he was proposing was *one* distribution code to be applied to *any* messages forced into *any* moderated newsgroups. This would be used in place of "world", not in place of the name of the newsgroup. [Your confusion probably comes from the common pratice of creating a set of limited-distribution newsgroups with a prefix identical to the distribution. This is just a convenience to let the users work better with the software and to help things be administered, nothing more.] -- John Owens Old Dominion University - Norfolk, Virginia, USA john@ODU.EDU old arpa: john%odu.edu@RELAY.CS.NET +1 804 440 4529 old uucp: {seismo,harvard,sun,hoptoad}!xanth!john