Re: Important Info on comp.databases.postgresql.general

Joseph Daniel Zukiger wrote:

> pvaurio(at)solaris(dot)polarhome(dot)com wrote in message
> news:<1100045294(dot)247165(dot)11750(at)c13g2000cwb(dot)googlegroups(dot)com>...
>> 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.

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