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From: SYSNET@cc.nu.oz (David Morrison)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: Just what does ``Distribution'' mean?
Message-ID: <11658@cc.nu.oz>
Date: 20 Dec 89 22:04:28 GMT
References: <8912150737.AA18815@uunet.uu.net>
Organization: University of Newcastle
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In article <8912150737.AA18815@uunet.uu.net>, munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston) writes:
> There is certainly confusion between acceptable newsgroups and acceptable
> distribution keywords in the news.sys file. This is NOT the best way of doing
> it, but is required to make VMS NEWS basically compatible with the usage of the
> Distribution: line in current Unix implementation of USENET. Of of these days
> the USENET standards will be a little clearer on the REQUIRED usage of the
> Distribution: line, which will allow the tokens to be logically separated in
> the NEWS.SYS control file.

I am told that C news (which is supposed to be much improved over the current 
Unix news software B news) treats the distributions separately to newsgroup 
hierarchies, ie, they are in a separate file.
-- 
David Morrison, Network Manager, Uni of Newcastle, Australia
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