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- From: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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- Subject: Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet
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- Date: 26 Apr 93 05:02:54 GMT
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- Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- Last-change: 25 Apr 1993 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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- Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
- ! Last-change: 31 Jan 1993 by msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
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- - Frequently Submitted Items
- -
- This document discusses some questions and topics that occur
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- Original-author: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
- ! Comment: enhanced & edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
- ! Last-change: 25 Apr 1993 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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- + Frequently Submitted/Asked Items
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- This document discusses some questions and topics that occur
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- some questions and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking
- ! others. If you don't like these answers, let spaf@cs.purdue.edu know.
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- some questions and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking
- ! others. If you don't like these answers, let the poster of thie
- ! article know.
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- idea. First of all, it is an inappropriate use of resources, and
- ! tends to use up vast amounts of net bandwidth. Second, such usage
- ! of the net tends to produce extremely negative reactions by people
- ! on the net, adding even more to the volume -- most of it directed
- ! to you. Users, particular system admins, do not like that kind of
- ! activity, and they will flood your mailbox with notices to that
- ! effect.
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- idea. First of all, it is an inappropriate use of resources, and
- ! tends to use up vast amounts of net bandwidth. Second, such
- ! usage of the net tends to produce extremely negative reactions by
- ! people on the net, adding even more to the volume -- most of it
- ! directed to you. Users, particularly system admins, do not like
- ! that kind of activity, and they will flood your mailbox with
- ! notices to that effect.
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- to find out if your site has this software installed and how to
- ! access it from your account.
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- to find out if your site has this software installed and how to
- ! access it from your account. Also, contact your favorite BITNET
- ! LISTSERV and get the list NETNWS-L. That list carries info on
- ! the necessary procedures and software.
- !
- !
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- Gene Spafford
- Software Engineering Research Center & Dept. of Computer Sciences
- Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
- Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu phone: (317) 494-7825
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