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Re: Why the criticism of Roy's [News] articles?

  • Subject: Re: Why the criticism of Roy's [News] articles?
  • From: Hadron Quark <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:20:05 +0200
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Bruce Scott TOK <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> writes:

> someone with an alias wrote:
>
> |> The set up a mailing list like everyone else does. This is a public
> |> NG : not a mailing list. There is a big difference.
> |> 
> |> When there are reams of news posts it should be aimed at subscribers
> |> only.
>
> What is appropriate in a NG is determined by its charter, and you are on
> the wrong side of that here.
>
> If you don't want to see/read these articles then don't.  Don't try to
> police the newsgroup.

I'm not : I'm suggesting, as others have, that the colume of posts is
ridiculous and is better handled as a digest.

What other groups do you know which are treated to almost 200 posts a
day from one person who is just repeating info scrounged from other main
sites?

A digest *would* be welcome.

>
> -- 
> ciao,
> Bruce
>
> drift wave turbulence:  http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
>

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