Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site iuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!saj From: saj@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: A Thought on Newsgroup Structure (lo - (nf) Message-ID: <137@iuvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Feb-84 15:22:55 EST Article-I.D.: iuvax.137 Posted: Wed Feb 15 15:22:55 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Feb-84 23:59:48 EST Sender: saj@iuvax.UUCP Organization: Indiana U, Bloomington Lines: 23 #R:druxt:-88400:iuvax:2800001:000:875 iuvax!apratt Jan 29 16:16:00 1984 Clearly, your article is one which would deserve the "make this a subgroup if there are any followups" flag. But sometimes it isn't all that clear, until several days after the original note is posted. Then, when it does become apparent that a subgroup is warranted, *several people* would tack a subgroup-spawning designator to their postings. Result: six different sub- group designators for a single subject arriving in the same day. The reverse problem from identifier clash. It does sound like a good idea, but this flaw sprang out at me right away. 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... ---- -- Allan Pratt ...decvax!ihnp4!inuxc!iuvax!apratt