Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!msc From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: A Thought on Newsgroup Structure (lo - (nf) Message-ID: <858@qubix.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 18:07:41 EST Article-I.D.: qubix.858 Posted: Sun Feb 19 18:07:41 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Feb-84 02:21:33 EST References: <137@iuvax.UUCP> Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA Lines: 21 -- From Allan Pratt Could someone please post info on the differences between notes and news? I use notes, and I am guessing that when I write a "response" to a note, it is passed as a "followup" to that note. On the other hand, I may be badly confused. Thanks anyway... -------- 1. Look at the subject line of this article. It has been truncated to 40 characters courtesy of "notes". Also a completely useless suffix "- (nf)" has been added. 2. When you write a "response" to a note it is not passed as a followup but as an ordinary article. The distinguishing feature of a followup is a "References:" line in the article header. The notesfiles -> news "gateway" does not provide this extremely useful field. -- From the Tardis of Mark Callow msc@qubix.UUCP, decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPA ...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!qubix!msc, ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!msc