In article <d2loom$gea$1@sir.thumper>, SoT <sot@tioat.ath.cx> wrote:

David Woolley wrote:

First of all it is important to note that Berkeley do not receive alt 

[ groups by default ]

Why do you assume this?

I don't assume it.  People from the S@H team a Berkeley said it either
during the discussion for the creation of sci.astro.seti, or soon after
its creation, on sci.astro.seti.  It's not exactly surprising; alt groups
don't have a reputation for wholesomeness and so non-commercial usenet
server operators tend not to carry them except when explicitly asked for.

I believe that alt.sci.seti has been whitelisted at Berkeley, but I've only
observed the S@H team posting to sci.astro.seti (or following cross-posts into
it) of the two groups.

I don't see why I should waste an hour or so trying to find the message-Ids,
though.  We are talking about something that happened almost 6 years ago.

I also have a feeling that the initial Request for Discussion for
sci.astro.seti didn't go to alt.sci.seti, because the proposers weren't
aware of it.