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Subject: Re: Yet Another Newsgroup Streamlining ( - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 05:58:30 EST
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#R:oliveb:-29300:inmet:7000048:000:1804
inmet!tower    Mar  7 00:10:00 1984

Re: Yet Another Newsgroup Streamlining.

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I not in favor of this idea, but...

oliveb!toml is overkilling net.comp .
This is a network on computers for computer professionals,
so let's not over do the comp grouping.

Leave as is:
    net.bugs.all
    net.cse.{all,cai}
    net.lang.all
    net.motss          .... for the reason it has this name.
    net.micro.all
    net.sport.all      .... overdoing net.ent .
    net.sources
    net.unix.all       .... this is the UUCP network!
                       .... perhaps net.eunice -> net.unix.eunice
    net.wanted         .... why net.needed at all??
                       .... perhaps net.general.wanted

Perhaps additionally have (to oliveb!toml suggestions):
    net.cs.{ai, cog-eng, dcom, crypt, graphics, lan, std}
    net.eng.{analog, columbia, space}
                       .... and civil, mech, et.al. if the need is ever shown.
    net.hw.{periphs, term, term-info}
    net.sw.{emacs, mail.all, notes, text, usoft.all}
                       .... perhaps add a net.sw.os for completness.
    net.sys.{oa, works.all, vss}
    net.home.{consumers, cooks, garden, invest, kids, legal, med,
                 pets, roots, taxes, travel, veg, wines}
                       .... OR net.pers.all
    net.social.{women.all}
    net.rec.{audio, railroad}
    net.usrgrp.{decus, usenix}    .... no net.usrgrp needed ??
    net.vehicle.{auto, aviation, bicyle, cycle}
    net.viewpt.{philosophy, politics, poems, religion.all, suicide}

That still leaves too many top-level singletons, but a little more
thought should group most of the rest of them.

-len tower        harpo!inmet!tower        Cambridge, MA

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