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From: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Suggestion for *MAJOR* topic reorganization (eliminating "net.")
Message-ID: <400@hou3c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 10:01:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  8 10:01:37 1984
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If you eliminate "net." from newsgroup names and rely on the "Distribution:"
line to control distribution, the problem is that you loose the ability to
create newsgroups that aren't net-wide.  There are reasons for creating groups
which only exist within a subdomain of the net.  Some of the newsgroups we
get include att.3b for discussion of the 3B20S processor, att.compete for
discussing what the competition is doing, and btl.cc.all for various comp
center bulletins.  I don't think it would be reasonable to create any of these
groups on a netwide basis.
						Kenneth Almquist