Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!iuvax!apratt From: apratt@iuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: A Thought on Newsgroup Structure (lo - (nf) Message-ID: <1492@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Jan-84 21:36:53 EST Article-I.D.: pur-ee.1492 Posted: Sun Jan 29 21:36:53 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 06:22:21 EST Sender: notes@pur-ee.UUCP Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University 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