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Ärende: FidoNews 24:38 [02/06]: Editorial
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                            EDITORIAL
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                  Rejected contributions

I've commented on the above subject so many times, I'm starting to get
tired of it. But still there are some people out there that claim that
they have submitted articles for the Snooze that has been rejected.

   So, let's first get one thing clear. If the article never reaches
the editor it cannot be rejected. That ought to be obvious to each and
every one, but strangely enough that doesn't seem to be the case.

   Then, how does one go about to submit an article for the Snooze?
Well, not so long ago there was only one or two alternatives -- either
crash send a file attach to the Snooze headquarters or log on to it's
BBS and upload the file.

   This can all be seen in ARTSPEC.DOC, that of course can be
downloaded from the Snooze files archive at
http://felten.yi.org/fidonews -- still the only complete archive
available even if there are lots of them that are almost complete.

   Later there has been added a lot of other methods that are allowed
in order to submit an article. One of them is via email. But anyone
who thinks that email is a safe way to send something obviously have
never heard about spam and spam-filters, and also not about black- and
grey-listings. I personally would never trust email for something
important without requesting a confirmation (easily done -- just check
the proper box in your client settings).

   How come then, that a handful of people, year after year, keeps
claiming that they sent a Snooze contribution and then starts whining
about their contribution never being published -- and yet they never
even bothered to send a mail to the editor asking why? And how hard
can it be to send a contribution the proper fidonet way -- crash file
attach? Maybe even both ways -- or at least send a netmail to inform
the editor that he can expect an email attached article -- or vice
versa?

   Have the members of fidonet really become so unsavvy that they no
longer even know how to crashmail a file attach? Well, obviously a few
actually have, and of course if you are aware of the fact that you
don't even know how to handle even the basic fidonet functions, I
guess it's easier to blame someone else for one's shortcomings than to
simply ask somebody upstreams to help you out.

   Enough about that already, and now over to the latest conspiracy
attempt (to overthrow the present Snooze editor) from the lovely lady
Janis. Ward, the floor is yours, you express our reaction to this coup
attempt much better than ever I can do. :)


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