From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:wing
Newsgroups: net.test,net.general
Title: Asterisk thing
Article-I.D.: populi.246
Posted: Wed Jul 21 11:48:52 1982
Received: Sun Jul 25 05:25:39 1982

Today, I've been checking out how the news system reacts to asterisks, using
groups of three of them.  Three asterisks surrounded by spaces will be
replaced by a directory list of your present directory.  Three asterisks not
bounded by spaces will print normally.  Spoilers beware...