Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!decwrl!qubix!msc From: msc@qubix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: control message problem & state of fa.info-cpm Message-ID: <325@qubix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 11:17:21 EDT Article-I.D.: qubix.325 Posted: Fri Jun 17 11:17:21 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 04:28:49 EDT Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA Lines: 25 Yesterday qubix received a control message from alice!news cancelling the newsgroup fa.info-cpm. After checking the latest list of active newsgroups from alice!alb, which arrived about the same time as the rmgroup message, I decided that the cancellation was in error so I did an inews -C to re-create it. Now I have 2 questions. 1) Why am I being inundated with messages from various news systems ranging from v2.6 to v2.10 complaining about a misunderstood control message or some such thing. 2) I saw no discussion about a pending cancellation and the latest active newsgroup list says that fa.info-cpm is still active. If an established group is to be cancelled there should be some warning. A suitable alternative would be to include in the rmgroup message some text identifying the sender of the message and the reason for the cancellation. -- Mark ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!qubix!msc ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!msc decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPA