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Article #3310Re: "general" is a bad name for a newsgroup
From: Dazed N. Confused
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:18
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 19:18
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flee@cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) writes:
> > If you have a local newsgroup called "general", you will sometimes find
> > articles from other sites in that newsgroup.
>
> Either: 1. all newsgroup names must be globally unique;
> or: 2a. sites can carry "different" groups with the same name.
What about:
3. allow a selective "no-crossposting" flag for certain
newsgroups.
Hey, Waffle can do it.
alt.flame /solo
general /solo
--Jon
jon@vector0.SAC.CA.US Life is like a kiwi.
citrus.SAC.CA.US!vector0!jon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!vector0!jon From: jon%vector0.SAC.CA.US@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Dazed N. Confused) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin,news.groups,alt.config Subject: Re: "general" is a bad name for a newsgroup Message-ID: <2603TB1w165w@vector0.SAC.CA.US> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 11:18:48 PST References: <Bx8681.6G2@cs.psu.edu> Organization: Vector Zero Lines: 24