Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 21:20:55 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: ponds!lakes.water.net!rivers, ponds!buffnet.net!root Cc: ponds!freebsd.org!freebsd-questions Subject: Re: A method of inject news from an ISP? Message-ID: <199703120220.VAA24650@lakes.water.net>
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> > On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > > > > Steve Shovey writes: > > > > > > How about get a newsfeed instead of looking for ways to leach. > > > > > > > I have one, thank you; but it comes through a 19200 UUCP conncetion, > > and can get woefully behind. > > > > The model of downloading frequently read news groups from an ISP > > and injecting them into a local server (as a cache) for later reading > > seems perfectly reasonable to me... The intent is not to "leach"; > > but rather to efficiently use my resources (both hardware and wetware.) > > > > - Dave R. - > > Thats very self centered of you. One is supposed to take into > consideration the impact of whatever they intend to do might have on the > other party or parties. You obviously were told to cool it because you > had a negative impact. Ahh... you're assuming I did this on a regular basis... only once a week is when I did it. And only then to catch up with things I had missed during the week (mostly items in comp.compilers, triangle.* (local information) and some comp.lang groups.) However, I wasn not the cause of the change by my ISP; only an accidental victim; I'm guessing some Windows software was the culprit. - Thanks - - Dave Rivers -
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