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From: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Distribution woes
Message-ID: <8041@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 13-Dec-85 13:49:26 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 13 13:49:26 1985
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Reply-To: srt@ucla-cs.UUCP (Scott Turner)
Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
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What annoys me about distributions is that the name of the various
newsgroups are net.* and each individual article has a separate
distribution.  What is 'net' if not a distribution?

This is especially annoying when one wants to post only locally, since
the local version of a net group has to be created separately and subscribed
to separately.

Why aren't the newsgroups named by topic and distribution controlled by
a separate distribution line?

    Scott R. Turner
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