From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!davidson Newsgroups: net.news Title: fixint 14 character newsgroup name limit Article-I.D.: sdcsvax.2053 Posted: Sat Jun 5 01:01:26 1982 Received: Tue Jun 8 01:24:21 1982 I find the 14 character limit on newsgroup names (and file names in general) rather annoying. Until the filename length restriction is removed, I'd like to suggest a fix. Its often been said in describing the naming conventions of newsgroups that they are hierarchical. Alright, then why not store newsgroup net.lang.apl, for example, in net/lang/apl. I think then that we would rarely notice the 14 character limit. If this implementation suggestion is accepted, I would like to suggest that slashes be accepted as an alternative to dots as separators in the newsgroup names, and that an effort to move away from the dot notation be encouraged. Greg Davidson usenet: ...!sdcsvax!davidson arpanet: davidson@nprdc