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From: Svante.Lindahl@front.se (Svante Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Call for Discussion: comp.sys.sun.386i
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Date: 23 Dec 89 20:54:57 GMT
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> I have just learned that the first character of newsgroup name can not be
> a number. Thus the name comp.sys.sun.386i would be illegal. Is this correct?

Really?  I have comp.sys.nsc.32k and comp.bugs.4bsd at this site, 
and I get articles in them too.  I doubt that they are aliased from
some other groups somewhere between here and wherever the articles
are posted.
It may be good idea to avoid creating any new groups with this
property though.

Svante