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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!ames!pendragon!bcm!news.msfc.nasa.gov!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu!v134n2mc
From: v134n2mc@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (THA AMPROPRIME)
Subject: Re: 09 Aug 1994 auto finger of HELP@IDSOFTWARE.COM (Please stop!)
Message-ID: <CuA90I.vt@acsu.buffalo.edu>
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.50AXP
Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu
Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu
Organization: University at Buffalo
References: <114556.vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 19:35:00 GMT
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In article <114556.vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu>, "John Van Essen" <vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu> writes...
>On Tue, 09 Aug 1994 01:40:29 -0500 (EST),
>Automatic Finger Program <AUTOFINGER@tdr.com> wrote:
>
>>The following is generated automatically by a computer program.
>>Once each night around midnight I, a program, will finger the
>>HELP@IDSOFTWARE account.
>>
>>I will then automatically post to the mailinglist and the network
>>the results of the finger.
>>
>>Please send all comments about this function to AUTOFINGER@TDR.COM
>>Please do not bother ID or the list.
>>
>>Here are the results for Tue, Aug 09, 1994:
>
>[copy of finger output deleted]
>
>Well, this is the second copy of this auto-post, 36 minutes after the
>first. I hope this won't go on all night :-(.
>
>I e-mailed American McGee at id about 10 days ago and suggested that when
>he updates the finger info, also post a copy to alt.games.doom.announce.
>He has been doing this (there are two posts over there already).
>
>So there is no need to post finger output to this discussion group, as
>it is already being posted to a lower volume, more easily followed announce
>group (thanks to Tony Lezard again for volunteering to moderate!).
An announce group that iz not available everywhere too. Maybe it could
be cross-posted?
>
>So I hope this gets shut off (nice idea - just no longer needed).
>
>And please, everyone, follow the announce group - don't post finger copies
>here anymore. Thanks.
>
When it getz here, which it never will, I'll do that.
> John Van Essen <vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
>
Later,
dave
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