From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark Newsgroups: net.notes Title: Re: Notes Pointers FUBARED - (nf) Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2497 Posted: Fri Aug 6 12:22:34 1982 Received: Sun Aug 8 08:29:56 1982 It seems to me that one of the advantages of A or B news over notes is that if something messes up, it's easier to recover because only one UNIX file is likely to be affected, and all the UNIX tools for manipulating files can be used to manipulate news. Would someone please explain what the advantages of the notes method of storing articles is? Likewise, I'd like to know what the advantage to the notes format of machine-to-machine transmission are. Mark