Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcsla.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west From: west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Suggestion: article number 0 Message-ID: <905@sdcsla.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 05:16:04 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcsla.905 Posted: Fri Jun 21 05:16:04 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 04:44:43 EDT Reply-To: west@sdcsla.UUCP (Larry West) Organization: UC San Diego: Institute for Cognitive Science Lines: 19 How about having an article number zero (or one) in each newsgroup, which always exists, and serves as an introduction to that group? It could include a description, name of moderator, etc. Obviously, this would have to be distributed with the news software, and would need to be updated specially (control messages?). And "rn" and whatever else people use to read news would have to know to always show that message when someone read the group for the first time (this might not take any change), or when it changed (this probably would take a change). Comments? Particularly from those overworked people who actually implement the net? -- Larry West Institute for Cognitive Science (USA+619-)452-6220 UC San Diego (mailcode C-015) [x6220] ARPA: La Jolla, CA 92093 U.S.A. UUCP: {ucbvax,sdcrdcf,decvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcsla!west OR ulysses!sdcsla!west