net.news.config!!!!!!

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2 total messages Started by avi Mon, 03 Oct 1983 04:12

Author: avi
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1983 04:12

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I keep seeing articles in the "junk" newsgroup because they are posted to
net.news.config -- even though the name has been officially lengthened now
that newsgroups names are only limited to 14 characters PER component. Are
people posting to the old name out of habit or because their machine has not
yet been upgraded to news version 2.10* ?

This problem is probably going to get worse. New newsgroup names can (and
should) be explicit enough to signify the general meaning of the newsgroup
(with the possible exception of groups like net.motss -- which should
probably deliberately retain an obscure name if it is created). As a matter
of fact, it would be nice if groups like net.dcom and net.std were expanded
to more useful names that would encourage more (proper) usage. Has anyone
considered allowing partial matching of newsgroup names?
-- 
-=> Avi E. Gross @ AT&T Information Systems Laboratories (201) 576-3063
    suggested paths:	[ihnp4, allegra, hogpc, ...]!pegasus!avi

Re: net.news.config!!!!!!

Author: crl
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1983 17:17

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I never heard that the group net.news.config had been lengthened to 
net.news.configuration.  Is this true?  What would help would be
another of those wonderful newsgroup lists that used to come out every
month or so.  I don't remember seeing one here since we switched to
2.10.1.  Are they still being produced and just not making it here,
or did the person who used to do this stop?

(By the way, if it was stopped, do not construe in any way that this is
a criticism of that decision by the former author.)

Charles LaBrec
UUCP:		pur-ee!Physics:crl, purdue!Physics:crl
INTERNET:	crl @ pur-phy.UUCP

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