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From: munnari!anu.anu.oz.au!gih900@CSC.DNET (Geoff Huston)
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Subject: Re: Can you create newsgroup comp.c++ ?? (yes!)
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Date: 22 Jan 90 13:57:28 GMT
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>        NEWS> create newsgroup "comp.c++"
>
>worked.  The directory created was [...COMP.C_K_K].  (And if you're wondering,
>an underscore in a newsgroup name becomes two underscores in the directory
>name.)  I note with satisfaction that when NEWS receives a checkgroups message
>and emits a command procedure (encased in a mail message), the newsgroup names
>are enclosed in quotes.
>
>        --- Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA
     
Sometimes I manage to get some of the things right!!!
     
     
Geoff Huston