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Subject: Re: Posting changes to news.announce.newusers
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Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 16:53:29 EST
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If a "diff" listing is the first thing you saw in news.announce.newusers, 
then somebody along the line from here to there dropped the postings
of the complete articles, or else they scrambled the order of tranmission.

Many people only read news.announce.newusers for the diff listings, to see
what groups and mailing lists (etc.) have changed.  I always post the
diffs last, after posting the full articles, so that there should be
minimal (if any) confusion.

If people let me know that they would rather not have the diffs, or else
see those diffs elsewhere, then I will change the way I post them.
-- 
Gene Spafford
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
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