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Subject: Where did "alt." come from
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Date: Mon, 3-Aug-87 10:03:37 EDT
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In article <1410@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, henry@garp.mit.edu (Henry Mensch) writes:
> ...*ANYONE* can get the alt.all groups.  All it requires is
> enough initiative on the part of your usenet administrator to arrange
> for a feed.  Enough sites get alt.all that this shouldn't be too
> difficult.  Every host that I have usenet access on has them.
> Kwitcherbellyachin!

What a load of CRAP!

Until the original posting I never even heard of alt. groups.
A newsgroup is either an official group or it isn't - there is no in
between.

Tom.