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In article <1993Jan27.192936.14090@sophia.smith.edu> turowski@sophia.smith.edu (Petra Turowski) writes:
>Obviously, the distribution of ne.singles would not be limited
>to NY.  And I know for a fact that one gets it in MA - aren't I
>smart?  But is there a way to globally limit distribution to NE 
>and NY?  If people neglect to specify the distribution will the
>postings go all over the world like in other groups?  That would
>be a pity.  Where can I look up abbreviations that are understood 
>by usenet (for distribution)?  Will "ne" work?  "ne,ny"?

For this newsgroup, you don't need to specify a distribution.  The
whole world isn't receiving this newsgroup -- only sites in "ne"
(whatever that covers) get it.

To answer your general question about distribution abbreviations,
I'll quote from The Whole Internet Catalog & User's Guide (by Ed
Krol):

"There is no way to find out exactly what distribution lists are
available for a server.  There are a set of standard distributions
what are available on most servers, but they describe only wide
areas.  They are:

  world       Worldwide distribution (default)
  att         Limited to AT&T
  can         Limited to Canada
  eunet       Limited to European sites
  na          Limited to North America
  usa         Limited to the United States
  IL,NY,FL... Limited to the specified state

The problem comes in with smaller, local distributions whose names
are made up by the local server's administrator.  So only he can
tell you for sure."

I'd be interested to know which sites receive the "ne" newsgroups.
If you find out, please post the answer.
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