From: usenet-tag@qz.little-neck.ny.us (Eli the Bearded)
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [news.software.nntp] Re: Please talk me out of closing my News server and outsourcing to Supernews!
Date: 30 Nov 1997 18:35:50 GMT

[Submitter's note: It was estimated that 1% of the newsgroups use 50%
of the resources.]

Subject: Re: Please talk me out of closing my News server and outsourcing to
 Supernews!
From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp

Jeremy <jeremy@exit109.com> writes:

> Tell them you're going to log what they're downloading, and you'll
> probably save a *lot* of bandwidth as they look elsewhere for their
> porn. :)

The real solution to news server load:  Posting a regular statistical
summary of the top readers of alt.binaries.pictures.erotica by username.