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From: sns@tybalt.caltech.edu (Samuel N. Southard)
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Subject: Re: USENET constitution (Was Re: Spaf Pro-vote)
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 21:51:12 EDT
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In article <604@nonvon.UUCP> mc68020@nonvon.UUCP (root) writes:
>   Seriously, I see why the admins at certain sites could run into considerable
>difficulty carrying certain types, or names, of newsgroups, due to
>organizational biases.  By simply passing them through, without processing
>them to the local user base, this problem is alleviated, while still making
>the groups available to the downstream sites.

Except for the fact that while they are "passing through" the system they take up
disk space.  What if a link goes down for a while?  The company who ownes the
site that is just "passing it along" is using disk space in the days (weeks, months,
years?) between times that it can successfully connect.  If the owners and/or
operators have decided not to carry a group it is probably because either they
don't have the disk space, or they simpy don't want that group on their machine.  In
either case, having it sitting on the disk for who knows how long would be
considered unacceptable (at least I would consider it so, if I cansidered it
unacceptable to carry the group in the first place).  If they are passing it along,
then they have to carry it for a while.

As has been said before, if the downstream site wants the group bad enough it will
make other arrangements.

My cat can quack, can yours?		genghis!sns@csvax.Caltech.Edu