From jeremy@exit109.com Wed Dec 8 19:18:04 1999 Xref: news.spc.edu news.software.nntp:64728 Path: news.spc.edu!news.new-york.net!remarQ-easT!remarQ.com!supernews.com!saloon!newsbastard From: Jeremy Newsgroups: news.software.nntp Subject: Re: h.i.p.c.r.i.m.e Date: 7 Dec 1999 16:38:41 GMT Organization: There Is No Organization Lines: 21 Message-ID: <82jd6h$3ms$1@s00perNooZ.com> References: <82gmrq$omo$1@ultranews.duc.auburn.edu> <82jafk$2n56$1@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) X-Meow: Meow Richard Tobin wrote: > Apart from the newgroup/rmgroup mistake, you might find it more > effective to use something like *.*.*.*.*.*.*.* as the pattern. > Almost everything with that many components is bogus. And if for some > reason you really don't want to lose groups like > > microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.programming.dhtml.scripting > > you could still use alt.*.*.*.*.*.*.* But then you'd miss out on such important groups as alt.conspiracy.im.taking.over.the.world.starting.with.walter-cronkite alt.chinese.plus.viagra.equals.end.of.the.world alt.penguins.bondage.latex.springs.bounce.bounce.bounce Okay, so maybe you don't need those... -- Jeremy | jeremy@exit109.com