Acbosgd.115
net.news
utzoo!decvax!duke!mhtsa!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark
Fri Oct  9 10:00:31 1981
ethical query
We are likely to add code to the new netnews which will, when receiving
a certain article, send mail back to the sender with the contents of
the .sys file and the output of the "uuname" command.  This code is
necessary to help make network maps, since new sites frequently do not
bother to announce themselves, or claim connections they really don't
have because they confuse usenet with uucp net.

If anyone feels this is unethical or is otherwise opposed to it, you
should speak up quickly.  Also, if you feel protective of your uuname
output and/or your .sys file, please let me know.

       Mark Horton

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