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valid chars in a newsgroup name (was Re: Name of this Newsgroup)

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From: Russell Schulz
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 23:57
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clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:

> While it's not expressly forbidden to have an ampersand ("&") in the
> name, chances are it'll break something.

it _is_ expressly forbidden in Henry's rfc1036bis draft.
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Russell Schulz  russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca  ersys!rschulz  Shad 86c
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From: russell@alpha3.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Russell Schulz)
Newsgroups: can.ai,can.general,news.groups
Subject: valid chars in a newsgroup name (was Re: Name of this Newsgroup)
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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 17:57:16 -0600
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