Aunc.1576 net.general utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!wm Sat Dec 12 20:38:56 1981 dotted news groups The problem with directory structured news groups like net.sports.football, etc. is that it makes it hard for sub-groups that have something in common to get together. For example: net.suicide and the subgroup of net.cycle that likes to ride without helmets. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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.