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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin
Subject: Re: Newsgroup Renaming Phase II
Message-ID: <1676@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 16:42:23 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 16:42:23 1987
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References: <43248a@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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In article <43248a@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) writes:
>The renaming will take place on the following schedule:
>
>	April 10	Newgroup control messages go out
>	April 15	Newgroup control messages go out again
>	April 22	Posting to new groups may begin
                        ^^^^^^^
>	April 29	Old names are aliased to new names
                                      ^^^^^^^

Well, if this is to be the schedule, why have articles with the new names,
apparently gatewayed through ucbvax started landing in junk already?  Is
somebody there maybe getting overexcited again?

Please, this was one of the problems last time around, with people jumping
the gun and unintentionally causing a lot of pain and confusion...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)