Xref: utzoo news.admin:7851 news.groups:15242 comp.mail.uucp:3820 comp.os.vms:20211 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!tale From: tale@cs.rpi.edu (Dave Lawrence) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups,comp.mail.uucp,comp.os.vms Subject: Re: New newsgroup hierarchy Message-ID: <257603DD.6177@rpi.edu> Date: 1 Dec 89 04:53:49 GMT References: <1618.25614348@mccall.uucp> <1989Nov16.172110.21492@utzoo.uucp> <91457@pyramid.pyramid.com> <744@gp.govt.nz> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 18 In article <744@gp.govt.nz> don@gp.govt.nz (Don Stokes, GPO) writes: 'ang on. There is one *major* problem with new top level names - simply, that many sites (eg all? New Zealand ones) only get a subset of all available newsgroups. If you create a new top level name, WE WILL NOT GET IT!!!! So what are you are saying then is that the name of the newsgroup(s) should be chosen for distribution potential rather than how well the group(s) fit into the namespace? That we should make groups with names which attempt to subvert existing control mechanisms for control and flow of article traffic? Just checking. Dave -- (setq mail '("tale@cs.rpi.edu" "tale@ai.mit.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet")) "... the broader subject of usenet customs and other bizarre social phenomena." -- Phil Agre Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com