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Re: "Newsgroup-info" command for news software (was: G command)

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From: Jonathan A. Marshall
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 14:33
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In article <14386@borg.cs.unc.edu>
 marshall@cs.unc.edu (Jonathan A. Marshall) writes:
>> Perhaps the command could be called G, for Group-info.  When you type
>> G, the system would display some basic information pertaining to the
>> current newsgroup.  This information could include:
>>     - The charter of the newsgroup,
>>     - Whether the newsgroup is moderated or unmoderated,
>>     - The e-mail address of the moderator,
>>     - How to obtain the FAQ for the newsgroup.

In article <166j70INNi6d@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
 aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu (Aryeh Friedman) writes:
> Sounds good but how do you purpose to make this data easily available
> to the news reader?


Perhaps the information could be treated internally as a permanent
article -- it wouldn't expire with the rest of the articles in a
newsgroup and couldn't be deleted, and it could only be superseded by
a newer version.

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From: marshall@marshall.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan A. Marshall)
Newsgroups: news.future,news.software.readers,news.admin,news.sysadmin,news.software.nntp,news.software.nn,news.misc
Subject: Re: "Newsgroup-info" command for news software (was: G command)
Message-ID: <14416@borg.cs.unc.edu>
Date: 11 Aug 92 14:33:17 GMT
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