Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Redesigning the hierarchy (Re: Getting PCs out of the core newsgroups) Message-ID: <17998@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 20 Feb 90 14:22:47 GMT References: <17958@rpp386.cactus.org> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) Organization: Lone Star Cafe and BBS Service Lines: 20 In article peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >Who says you can't quit carrying them anyway? Go ahead and drop them >right now. I'm sure that putting !comp.binaries in your sys file will >save you gobs of wasted space. Yes, and that was done several weeks ago. However, that still leaves comp.sys., comp.protocol., comp.os., etc. Putting ! into a sys file where appropriate may win me the "Most Obfuscated sys File Entry", not to mention not winning me the admiration of my newsfeed - the sys file is processed for every article processed by inews ... Having everything go into "junk" is also a Bad Idea. On the other hand, putting all the PC traffic in its own tree would make it easier for PC USENET sites to carry only the relevant techincal traffic. -- John F. Haugh II UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832 Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org