Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!pyramid!vsi1!lmb From: lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: newgroup/rmgroup wars Message-ID: <719@vsi1.UUCP> Date: 25 Jun 88 00:41:58 GMT Organization: VICOM Systems Inc., San Jose, CA Lines: 85 I've received four control messages creating or deleting comp.women today. I understand (sort of) why the news software allows any jerk with root privilege to send these out, but wouldn't it be a great improvement if the backbones didn't pass them on without at least being eyeballed? The same could be said for "sendsys"! I know this means more work for the administrators at the backbones, but, hey, we're not talking about very many true newgroups/rmgroups. As far as the current situation is concerned, aren't these postings an abuse? Wouldn't sanctions be appropriate for these yahoos? If I were roy@phri (who feeds bc-cis, the offender in the last message), I'd at least threaten them. Here are the messages. Judge for yourself. --------------------------------- |Path: vsi1!ubvax!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!news |From: news@stl.stc.co.uk (News super user c/o dww) |Newsgroups: comp.women |Subject: newgroup comp.women |Message-ID: <766@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> |Date: 23 Jun 88 00:17:45 GMT |Control: newgroup comp.women |Lines: 10 |Approved: news@stl.stc.co.uk | | |Group created following result of vote, showing clear demand for this |group, with this name. This way we can start using it in Europe; |hopefully the rest of the world will be connected once uunet and the |US part of the backbone decide what to do. | |This group is not moderated at this time, but should be made so when the |backbone adds its moderator, Trish Skyler, to the moderators list. | |David Wright, dww@stl.stc.co.uk (stl news administrator) |--------- |Path: vsi1!ubvax!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu!bob |From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) |Newsgroups: comp.women.ctl |Subject: rmgroup comp.women |Message-ID: <16202@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> |Date: 23 Jun 88 20:56:47 GMT |Control: rmgroup comp.women |Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu |Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science |Lines: 6 |Approved: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu |References: | |This group has existed as comp.society.women (moderated) since 17 Jun |1988. Please wait patiently until it propagates to you. |-=- | Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science | The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 | bob@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!{att,pyramid,killer}!cis.ohio-state.edu!bob |----------- |Path: vsi1!ubvax!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu!bob |From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield) |Newsgroups: comp.women.ctl |Subject: rmgroup comp.women |Message-ID: <16304@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> |Date: 24 Jun 88 18:56:37 GMT |Control: rmgroup comp.women |Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu |Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science |Lines: 6 |Approved: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu | |Group already exists as comp.society.women, as per request of the |moderator of the group. comp.women is redundant and unmoderated. |-=- | Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science | The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277 | bob@cis.ohio-state.edu or ...!{att,pyramid,killer}!cis.ohio-state.edu!bob |--------------- |Path: vsi1!ubvax!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!phri!bc-cis!berto |From: berto@bc-cis.UUCP ( Operations) |Newsgroups: comp.women.ctl |Subject: newgroup comp.women |Message-ID: <1254@bc-cis.UUCP> |Date: 24 Jun 88 02:52:13 GMT |Control: newgroup comp.women |Distribution: usa |Organization: Brooklyn College of CUNY, NY |Lines: 0 |Approved: berto@bc-cis.UUCP