X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cf98c9f1157c0c5f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: "Jonathon R. Oglesbee" Subject: WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE BAD NEWS Date: 1997/09/01 Message-ID: <01bcb66b$be0229e0$90f99bce@default>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 269262411 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.155.249.144 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art I received this letter of expert advice back, about what we could all do about the Bad News that was dumped on us. It may be a useful suggestion that will help. I hope so..... On 8/31/97 3:22 pm, Jonathon R. Oglesbee wrote: > Thankyou very much for responding to my request for assistance about >problems with our newsgroup. I can't say I am happy about the answer you >sent me, but it does clear up the situation. None of us are happy. This used to work until people got greedy. > Would making the news group "moderated" have any positive effect on the >problem? Sorry, that won't help. You'll still be sending the articles along the same paths, so you are facing the same trouble. What you can do that should help some, is to get into the habit of adding misc.misc to your Newsgroups: line. *Everything* is on topic for misc.misc, so it's acceptable, and many sites carry it that do not carry alt.* groups. It won't cure your propagation problems 100%, but it will improve the odds. Good luck! F.