Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!ptsfa!dsp From: dsp@ptsfa.UUCP (David St. Pierre) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Suggestion: article number 0 Message-ID: <711@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 09:29:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfa.711 Posted: Thu Jun 27 09:29:46 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 04:14:53 EDT References: <905@sdcsla.UUCP> <2898@nsc.UUCP> <710@ptsfa.UUCP> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 12 > > Rather than use article 0, is there any simple way of using a file > similar to "distributions"? Sorry, I meant the "recording" file used by postnews. It also struck me that it might be a lot easier to implement a control-file method without worrying about the impact of permanent postings on any existing news software. The change could potentially appear in, say, rn a lot sooner than vnews because it would be transparent to vnews/expire/readnews et. al. -- David St. Pierre {ihnp4,dual}!ptsfa!dsp