From: Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com>
Subject: Re: Strangeness with groups beginning with numbers?
Date: 03 Oct 1997 11:40:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vxkvhzeyhw8.fsf@pocari-sweat.jprc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Bruce Stephens's message of "03 Oct 1997 13:51:10 +0100"
Bruce Stephens <bruce@cenderis.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> I read the 3dfx groups, and they seem to be treated differently from
>> other groups.
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> That might be because a "3dfx" heirarchy is illegal: it starts with a
> numeric, and numerics are reserved for articles.
Actually, digits, including leading digits, in newsgroup name
components has a long history, and there are quite a few in typical
usage now. From my active file's Basic 8 Hierarchies, via
"egrep '\.[0-9]'":
alt.0d alt.12hr
alt.1d alt.23is.strange
alt.2600 alt.2600hz
alt.2d alt.3d
alt.3d.misc alt.3d.rhino
alt.3d.sirds alt.3d.studio
alt.3djam-tv alt.atari.2600vcs
alt.binaries.3d.lightwave alt.binaries.3d.truespace
alt.binaries.multimedia.3-stooges alt.binaries.pictures.12hr
alt.binaries.warez.ibm-pc.0-day alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
alt.comedy.slapstick.3-stooges alt.comics.2000ad
alt.comp.4d alt.consciousness.4th-way
alt.culture.us.1960s alt.culture.us.1970s
alt.culture.us.1980s alt.culture.us.1990s
alt.flame.dr-tom.4d.vamps.acid alt.lang.4gl
alt.magazine.2600hz alt.music.4-track
alt.music.4ad alt.religion.christian.20-something
alt.tv.3djam-tv alt.tv.3rd-rock
alt.tv.7th-heaven comp.bugs.2bsd
comp.bugs.4bsd comp.bugs.4bsd.ucb-fixes
comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio comp.lang.basic.visual.3rdparty
comp.os.msdos.4dos comp.sys.3b1
comp.sys.amstrad.8bit comp.sys.atari.8bit
comp.sys.nsc.32k comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc comp.unix.pc-clone.16bit
comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit rec.autos.4x4
rec.games.video.3do rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s
rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1970s
rec.photo.equipment.35mm
And there's a fair pile from localized hierarchies.
INN is perfectly happy to have both top-level hierarchy names as well
as individual group names within hierarchies to have digits; I just
experimented with creating a local group "4x4.general" and posting a
test message to it -- no problem.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-10-03 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-02 20:30 Bruce Stephens
[not found] ` <x7lo0bkc2n.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1997-10-03 12:51 ` Bruce Stephens
1997-10-03 15:40 ` Karl Kleinpaste [this message]
1997-10-03 22:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-10-04 12:05 ` Bruce Stephens
1997-10-12 14:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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