Re: If you were to design a netnews protocol today...

Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:

Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> writes:
 

Chris Hennessy (chenness@enterprise.powerup.com.au) wrote:
 
The brothers Usas and Senda, despairing of the state of UseNet, went
unto the mountain at the feet of Net.God.  "Oh Net.God, there is
confusion and sorrow in your place of UseNet.  The people worship false
gods and knowst not your will."
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Interesting to note that top-posting wasn't mentioned by Net.God in
His commandments.
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I guess that the Commandments predate the deplorable appearance of
Outlook Excrete.  It was that email prog. being pressed into service on
Usenet that brought the execrable email habit of top posting to Usenet.

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