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Restricting posts: (was: Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s))
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:39:47 GMT
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beaker@pobox%Spamcake%.com
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Also sprach Matthew Miller:
: PS: nuther random suggestion for todd -- the news server at bu is set up so
: that it will only accept posts with more new content than quoted stuff.
: seems like a good idea.
Todd, I would discourage this practice for one specific reason:
Sometimes the material you want to post is in fact quoted, but not form
a previous article. Sometimes it is a repost with comments, sometimes
it is an example ... I ran into this the other day on my regular server,
when I was trying to post an example of 'good posts' vs 'bad posts' ...
all of the material was original, but more of it was quoted than not,
and the server bitched.
I realize I am arguing for leaving good posting behavior up to
individuals on the day after someone blatantly ignored a polite request,
but still, I think those types of situations will be rare.
/ _ _ / _ _ "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons"
()(-(//((-/ Popular Mechanics, 1949
============= Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire ==============
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