Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!ka From: ka@spanky.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Re: B does not strip non-local newsgroups anymore Message-ID: <369@spanky.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 14:08:33 EDT Article-I.D.: spanky.369 Posted: Mon Jun 13 14:08:33 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 03:56:34 EDT Lines: 18 Alas, yes. In release 2.9, there was a problem posting to multiple groups. Let's say I post an article to nj.events,net.sf-lovers. When the article leaves New Jersey, the nj.events newsgroup will be stripped off. If the article re-enters New Jersey, peolpe who subscribe to nj.events but not net.sf-lovers will not see the article. The solution proposed by Mark Horton in the USENET Interchange Standard was to not strip the newsgroup name off. This works as long as all newsgroup names are unique throughout the net, and has the additional advantage of allowing a site to send identical copies of an article to all it's neighbors. Currently newsgroup names are not unique. Making them unique involves two steps. First, local groups should have the local site name included in the group name. (Thus general becomes spanky.general on spanky). Second, other non-netwide distributions should be centrally registered to avoid duplication. Kenneth Almquist