On Fri, 23 Oct 1992 15:28:31 MST Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU> said:
 
>NONE of  them have been any  trouble in that respect.  Four are library/
>technical in nature, one is a hobby list. I know I can delete the Usenet
>link as  quickly as any  other subscriber in  case I have  problems, but
>they just have  not arisen. My experience is that  the 'jerks' on Usenet
>hangout on a  few newsgroups that cater to that  mentality, and CDROMLAN
>perhaps just isn't one of them.
 
That is indeed  true: there are sites which don't  even carry the 'bit.*'
newsgroups, and  they tend to be  ignored by people who  don't know about
BITNET. The  worst problems  are when  you gateway to  one of  the "core"
groups.
 
  Eric