'Weird' Undocumented News Hierarchies

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3 total messages Started by Bob McClenon Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:00

#29

Author: Bob McClenon
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:00

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On 28 May 1999 I posted the following question:

 * * * *
This isn't a question about what group to use, but about what some
groups are.  Occasionally if I do a Dejanews search, I find articles
that satisfy my search criteria in groups whose top-level hierarchy
begins with a number, such as 3b.test or 3dfx.d3d.drivers.orchid or
5col.forsale.  I can't find a description of what these hierarchies are.
They aren't listed in the document that is periodically posted in
news.admin.hierarchies and other places.  It lists the alphabetically
named hierarchies, but it doesn't list any numerical hierarchies. I
haven't been able to locate any FAQ's or charters for those hierarchies.
Where can I find what they are?
 * * * *

As of 17 June 1999 I have now encountered articles posted to
a.bsu.programming and a.bsu.religion in Dejanews.  None of these
hierarchies, 3b.*, 3dfx.*, 5col.*, or a.*, are listed in the Lewis Eisen
"Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies".  What are they?  What are these
'weird' hierarchies?

     --   Bob McClenon


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Re: 'Weird' Undocumented News Hierarchies

#30

Author: Russ Allbery
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 00:00

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In news.admin.hierarchies, Bob McClenon <mcclenon@erols.com> writes:

> As of 17 June 1999 I have now encountered articles posted to
> a.bsu.programming and a.bsu.religion in Dejanews.  None of these
> hierarchies, 3b.*, 3dfx.*, 5col.*, or a.*, are listed in the Lewis Eisen
> "Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies".  What are they?  What are these
> 'weird' hierarchies?

3dfx.* is a support hierarchy for a computer company that they don't
actually distribute to the rest of the world but that some people are
injecting into Usenet via a suck feed.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)         <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

Re: 'Weird' Undocumented News Hierarchies

#28

Author: Lewis S. Eisen
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:00

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In article <7kbh6v$rp7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Bob McClenon
<mcclenon@erols.com> wrote:

>As of 17 June 1999 I have now encountered articles posted to
>a.bsu.programming and a.bsu.religion in Dejanews.  None of these
>hierarchies, 3b.*, 3dfx.*, 5col.*, or a.*, are listed in the Lewis Eisen
>"Master List of Newsgroup Hierarchies".  What are they?  What are these
>'weird' hierarchies?

I tried to find out, too, so I could put the entries into the Master List
of Newsgroup Hierarchies. If anyone has some reliable information on them,
please let me know.

Many thanks.

-- 
Lewis S. Eisen                     Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Computer Training and Consulting
leisen@pfx.on.ca      <http://www.magma.ca/~leisen/>

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