Another distribution question and "the usual"

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2 total messages Started by Petra Turowski Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:29

Author: Petra Turowski
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:29

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Am I glad that someone got the ball rolling.  I miss a day reading 
the news, and lo and behold, there are 13 messages in ne.singles.
It's like the watched kettle that never boils.  I was too chicken
to start posting myself and I thought maybe the group wasn't what
it seemed to be.

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"?

Anyway, I'd love to meet some people (or "talk" to them) who might
share some of my interests and characteristics.  I just started
an assistant professorship in chemistry at Smith College in
Northampton, MA (in the middle of the state, equidistant from
Boston and Albany, Hartford and Burlington).  I am a 29-yr-old
woman, an avid horse riding enthusiast who also loves to read
novels and mysteries, to travel in Europe, to dance (especially
ballroom dancing), and to converse (and who does not approve of
MENSA - no flame intended, just a statement of fact).

Whereas I would be ecstatic about, say, a Nobel prize or a gold
medal in an Olympic dressage competition, I would be content to
find some friends in the area who might like to go riding or
dancing with me.  And if there were actually an interesting 
MAN among them, that would be quite nice.  (I am 5'7", slender,
and attractive, and I have brown hair and hazel eyes.)  
Meanwhile, I am happy if I can find some people on the net to
"talk" to about anything and everything.

Petra (and Lester, a 3 1/2 yr old gelding)

Re: Another distribution question and "the usual"

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Author: Joe Schwartz
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:26

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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.
-- 
Joe Schwartz       E-mail: xor@acm.rpi.edu
MapInfo Corp.
200 Broadway       These are my own opinions.  Any resemblance to the
Troy, NY 12180     opinions of MapInfo Corporation is purely coincidental.

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