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From: henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Report Card . . .  (really: portal sysadmin weenie strikes again!)
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Date: 20 Sep 88 18:51:47 GMT
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PHil@cup.portal.com wrote: 
->Just to clarify things about Portal to prevent any misunderstanding:
-> (portal hornblowing deleted)

this is my pet peeve with portal: these weenies don't do anything to
inform their users in the ways of the net.  they then go on to post an
advertisement describing what services portal offers and how to
connect.

WE DON'T CARE HOW TO CONNECT TO PORTAL!  indeed, many of us wish you'd
just shut up (or at least take notice of the conventions followed
here).  one of those conventions regularly ignored by the portal folks
is "no advertising."

it seems to me that the people who run portal aren't very
professional.  they continue to act this way even after problems are
identified to them.  just this morning i received a response to e-mail
i sent to postmaster@cup.portal.com ... it was a one-line "i have
forwarded the net-etiquette posting to foo-user" sort of thing, and it
was signed simply "CS."  i'm supposed to know who / what CS is, right?

*sigh*  there goes the neighborhood :(

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