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From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: A helpful suggestion
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Date: 18 Nov 89 05:49:21 GMT
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Actually, we have already implemented something like this.  It can either
be in one file, or you can put a 2 local files in any group's spool directory.
(one local, one netwide)

Right now it contains menus to pop up when a person posts to the group, and
checks for catchphrases etc.  But it can also contain keyworded info about
the group.

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On another note, it is interesting to think what would happen if we put
an outward bound aliasing scheme into news -- probably into sendbatch,
even with simple sed scripts.

Then a group could come in with any name, where you would map it to
your local name (rec.fish?).  On the way out, it gets mapped back.

You have whatever names you want on your system, I will have what I want
on mine.  No argument.  No parking in the red zone.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473