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G8PZT > SYSOP 15.12.12 04:31l 52 Lines 2129 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: GBR
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Sent: 121215/0222Z @:GB7PZT.#24.GBR.EU [Kidderminster] #:27609 XSERV410h
From: G8PZT@GB7PZT.#24.GBR.EU (Paula)
To: SYSOP@WW
Subject: Re: GBR
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Hi Mike,
------- Original Message -------
>From: N9PMO
>To: SYSOP@WW
>Now i see @ARRL is in the post, I am getting the idea @GBR is the only
group that the UK wants?
>No @ARRL @ARL @AMSAT etc. etc. ?
>Mike
I don't have the answers, I'm just trying to get sysops to think and have
a reasoned debate about this. It used to work when countries had to use
properly configured gateways to exchange mail, now with "free for all" inter-continental
networking it *seems* broken.
The UK is in Europe and the world, so it needs to see @GBR, @EU and @WW
bulletins. Within the UK we have local area distributions such as @MAXPAK,
which should be kept within the UK. Likewise in the USA you have local distributions
which should be kept within the USA.
Do you think @ARRL is a USA local distribution, or do you think anyone outside
the USA is remotely interested in ARRL matters? Who defines what area @ARRL
represents?
Distributions such as @AMSAT should obviously be worldwide because satellites
are international things. But it is *my* opinion that @AMSAT is just plain
*wrong*, because...
The "@" field is meant to specify a ***geographical distribution area***,
NOT an interest group. Unless there's some decree that @AMSAT specifies
a geographical area (and I am unaware of such a decree), Amsat bulletins
should be addressed AMSAT@WW not ALL@AMSAT.
The "to" field specifies the intended recipients, i.e. a single person,
a group such as "ALL" or a special interest topic such as SPACE, SYSOP,
IBMPC etc. This is where ARRL and AMSAT should be used, NOT in the @ field.
If you send a bulletin addressed ALL@NOAM, I'm sure you don't want it to
go to the rest of the world? - otherwise you would have addresed it ALL@WW..
What if you were making comments that might be deemed sensitive to those
outside the USA? We should not forward bulletins outside their intended
distribution area. Doing so makes a mockery of the "@" field, not to mention
the sender's wishes, and we might as well just address everything @WW.
73, Paula
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