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- From: werner@cs.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.announce
- Subject: proposing a newsgroup Re: ** PB Newsgroup - Please Read! **
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 07:16:56 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- Approved: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Comp.sys.mac.announce Moderator)
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- In article <1894@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> labccc@emory.edu (Chris Chung) writes:
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- >I'd like to propose a new newsgroup... comp.sys.mac.powerbook.
- ...
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- I've contacted Chris about "the errors of his ways" and am
- working with him to, hopefully, get this done without seeing
- too many feathers ruffled...
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- >...submit [support] articles to: news.announce.newsgroups
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- well, DON'T - read the respective FAQs about proposing new
- newsgroups procedures instead (if tempted) ...
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- > or mail to: announce-newgroups@rpi.edu
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- DON'T !!! (you have been warned! :-)
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- >In order for this group to be created, discussion participation is vital.
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- na, I don't think so. no discussion is needed, just a vote... :-)
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- >This article will be posted to:
- ....<too many>...
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- Chris didn't even cross-post, but posted to each group individually.
- <gag>
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- has anyone heard of a software tool to prevent people from posting
- unless they have read the respective FAQs (and passed some interactive
- exam, maybe ?!? :-)
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