Acbosgd.188 net.general utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Thu Dec 10 14:13:37 1981 Re: net. vs fa. Brad is right - hopefully when most of the world converts to version B, the feature that causes it to ask you "do you really want to create a new newsgroup net.unix-wizards?" will curb most of this mistaken group posting. (Version A could certainly benefit from a similar feature.) As it is, many sites have "all" in their .ngfile to avoid having to fix it every time somebody creates a newsgroup. Sites that do not will never see the articles posted to nonexistent newsgroups. Perhaps I should post a list of all net and fa newsgroups? In the meantime, the following newsgroups DO NOT EXIST and PLEASE DO NOT POST TO THEM! net.unix-wizards (mail to ucbvax!unix-wizards) net.info-cpm (mail to ucbvax!info-cpm) net.joke (use net.jokes) fa.editor-people (mail to ucbvax!editor-p) net.unix-stuff (mail to ucbvax!unix-wizards) net.info-terms (mail to ucbvax!info-terms) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.