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From: steve@mifnet.gec-mi-ate.co.uk (Steve Lademann)
Newsgroups: net.news.adm
Subject: Usenet and Distributions
Message-ID: <174@miduet.mifnet.gec-mi-ate.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 2-Jul-86 09:48:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: miduet.174
Posted: Wed Jul  2 09:48:05 1986
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(This has a sort of sideways reference to Mark (Anonymous)' article
<2255@cbosgd.UUCP>)

Whilst I am convinced that the splitting of 'net' is a highly desirable
and commendable thing to do, could somebody tell me exactly what this
reorganisation is? I gather that net is to be split into seven groups,
each of which has a fairly cryptic name, but what do they all mean?  I
have done as requested by <2255@cbosgd.UUCP> as I can see that this
will do no harm at the purely *mechanical* level, but what about the
*philosophy* behind it? Is my lack of knowledge due to the fact that I
don't receive a crucial newsgroup? (Yes, I know, That's *my* fault. But
some of us have to battle with British Telecom, who still haven't
installed my PSS line 3 months after they received by request. I have
to make do with a 300 baud exchange line which drops out on average
every hour or so.)

Incidentally, the splitting of "distribution" from "newsgroup" is a
concept that I hadn't thought of before, and is obviously vital to the
success of this scheme. However, "postnews" carefully takes the "world"
distribution, and rewrites it as "net". This should, I presume, be
modified to rewrite "world" as "world net" in the short term, and
removed altogether in the long term? Are there any more lurking
'gotcher's?

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