Acbosgd.1847
net.general
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!cbosg!cbosgd!mark
Thu Jan 14 12:56:21 1982
new newsgroup names
In order to put a halt to the name raving, since people seem to listen to
me, let me make some dictatorial decrees:
The office automation newsgroup will be net.oa. If a need for subgroups
arises, you can use net.oa.wordproc, net.oa.hardware, net.oa.software, etc.
I suggest you use plain old net.oa for now to see how it works out.
I'm also getting tired (as most of you are) of reading cruft in net.general.
While you can always say "no" if you run B news, it's still overkill. So:
One person proposes a new group to net.general,net.news.group (mention both
newsgroups). Any subsequent discussion of the newsgroup name, etc, should
go ONLY on net.news.group.
New sites should announce to net.news.newsite (please update your README
files to indicate that).
USENET maps should be posted to net.news.map. The USENET directory will
be posted in a few days to net.news.directory.
When the USENET version B software is released in a few weeks, it will
be posted to newsgroup net.sources. Since this is big, sites with only
a 300 baud modem may decide not to get this, especially if they have no
intention of using that version of the software. But I encourage anyone
running any prerelease of B to switch to the released version when it
comes out. (Then again, being somewhat biased, I encourage EVERYONE to
switch to that version.)
Mark Horton
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