From: lagrangj@unvax.union.edu (Joshua C. LaGrange)
Subject: Re: How can I get my site to carry more groups
Organization: Union College, Schenectady, NY
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:48:11 GMT

boehme@unvax.union.edu (Eric M. Boehm) writes:

>lagrangj@unvax.union.edu (Joshua C. LaGrange) writes:
>>I'm at Union College, we run nn, we have relativelt few groups available.
>>I've already sent a message to the sys-op here, but he ignored it.  What should I do?
>>Thanks

>>-- 
>>Josh LaGrange                  *                    
>>lagrangj@unvax.union.edu       *           (cute stuff deleted)                Phone: (518) 370-6908          *
>>My views don't always represent the views of Union College.

>I must say that messages like this always get me more than a little
>annoyed. This is the second message that comes to me by way of a third
>party where I have no idea what is being discussed.

>Since Josh is content to spread his view across the net, I don't feel
>the need to confine this to a polite mail message.

>Yes, I did receive an initial message which came by way of a third
>party where Josh was complaining about relatively few groups -- I
>never received a direct message.

>Furthermore, the message was, as is this one, incredibly vague.
>Perhaps if Josh said what groups in particular he was interested in, I
>could be of more assistance.

>Let me explain my perception of reality. I currently have a 300MB
>partition devoted to news. The filesystem runs between 55-80% of
>capacity. At around 80%, I have (in the past) run out of gnodes. I
>have tuned the filesystem for space rather than time, in an effort to
>prevent this from reoccurring.

>There are 1855 entries in my active file. Of these, 759 are actually
>received, the rest go into the bit bucket (to prevent junk from
>filling up). In other words, about 41% of the groups in the active
>file are received. I don't consider 759 groups "relatively few."

>Many of the groups being sent to the bit bucket are network noise
>since just about anyone sends out a newgroup message at the slightest
>provocation.  The reality is that there is a limited amount of disk
>space and I cannot carry every group.

>Perhaps what Josh means is that there are relatively few groups that
>*he* is interested in.

>I am offended by these messages. I do not appreciate hearing
>complaints without being told that there is a problem and having a
>chance to respond. It is even more offensive when the complaint comes
>by way of a third party.

>-- 
>Eric M. Boehm		My views are just that, mine!
>Eric.Boehm@union.edu
>BOEHME@UNION.BITNET

>-- 
>Eric M. Boehm
>Eric.Boehm@union.edu
>BOEHME@UNION.BITNET
I'm sorry if Eric was offended.  I don't think that my post should have offend
ed him, but I guess it's possible.  I did send him a message asking for an over
view of what groups were available to him, but apparently, he did not receive
it, or he lost it, or something.  I sent him an apology and explanation earlier
today.  My problem seems to be solved by membership in a public-access group
(well, hopefully).
Thanks,
Josh
-- 
Josh LaGrange                  *                    
lagrangj@unvax.union.edu       *           (cute stuff deleted  
Phone: (518) 370-6908          *
The views that I express are shared by very few responsible people.
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