Hello All,

  Considering the emails I received were running about 10 to 1 *for*
implementing a filtering mechanism, I made a few changes and the new
code went into place around 3pm CDT today.

  Along with their respective Yes/No answers, several people made
some suggestions on how to make the filter a little smarter or
more "friendly".  I appreciate all of the suggestions.  Here is
what I put into place:

1.  No change to the existing HP3000-L to comp.sys.hp.mpe posting
   mechanism was made.

2.  For messages originating on comp.sys.hp.mpe, I check if they
   were posted to more than one newsgroup.  If so, I check to see
   if all of the newsgroups posted to belong to a list of "Valid
   Newsgroups" (currently only comp.sys.hp.mpe and comp.sys.hp.hpux).
   If I find a newsgroup not in the valid list, the message is
   *not* forwarded onto HP3000-L.

  I chose to implement a list of Valid Newsgroups as it gives us
a little more flexibility in the future.  I included comp.sys.hp.hpux
in that list as I felt that there would be legit instances where
a person might ask a migration related question and post it to both
newsgroups.  If this turns out to be a wrong assumption on my part
and HP3000-L starts getting slammed by bogus messages posted to
both newsgroups, then I'll remove it from the list.

  I also did not include any headers or footers advertising the
services of Easy Does It Technologies LLC in each gated message
(although Ken Sletten seemed to think it appropriate :).  I'd be
more than happy to take another poll on that issue though ;)

  Anyway, it's done and hopefully that will be the end of
the cross posted flame-fest between the ex-Compaq and SUN camps,
at least on HP3000-L.

Respectfully,
Michael L Gueterman
Easy Does It Technologies LLC
http://www.editcorp.com
voice: 888.858.EDIT or 573.368.5478
fax:   573.368.5479
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