From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.news Title: Re: fixint 14 character newsgroup name limit Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2341 Posted: Tue Jun 8 01:29:01 1982 Received: Tue Jun 8 04:17:28 1982 References: sdcsvax.2053 Eventually, dots will be turned into slashes internally for purposes of storing articles. But there would be a major upheaval of the network if all the newsgroup names were to suddenly change. Also, using / just because it's handy for UNIX is silly - USENET will eventually expand to other operating systems. This change is on the wishlist for the virtual 3.0 version of B news. Mark