Joseph Daniel Zukiger wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... >> The lists are not bogus and your suggestion is not acceptable. Many of >> the list subscribers have no connection to Usenet. They will be mailed >> the ballots, regardless of what you or anyone else say. They are the >> people who will be directly affected by this. >> >> Mr. Pauli Vaurio >> ... > > Pauli -- > > "Bogus" is being used here in a technical sense. It is not a judgement > of value. > > The groups in question have not conformed to certain rules/customs. In > that sense, their names are "bogus" -- not official, conforming use of > the namespaces the usenet organization has reserved. > > The fact that these groups apparently have the most right to the names > in question is a big point in their favor, but the group maintainer > did not go through the customary processes in reserving the names and > requesting listing. So they are not official, thus they are "bogus". > > It looks like I'm may have to finally subscribe through my isp and > learn how to configure a newsreader in order to vote in favor, instead > of posting through google all the time. That should speed my access to > usenet up quite a bit. Oh, well. > > JouDanZuki
Joe, your access to ng's will speed up *dramatically* when you go through a news server. The one Mike Cox recommended in his reply is very reliable. -- Kenneth Downs Use first initial plus last name at last name plus literal "fam.net" to email me ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
