Acbosgd.1971
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utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!cbosg!cbosgd!mark
Mon Jan 18 12:55:38 1982
Re:  news mh compatibility
	From cbosg!chico!randvax!day Mon Jan 18 12:34:34 1982
	Date: Wednesday, 13 Jan 1982 16:06-PST
	From: Dave-Yost
	Subject: news mh compatibility
	Via: cbosgd.uucp (V3.73 [1/5/82]); 18-Jan-82 12:34:34-EST (Mon)
	Mail-From: cbosg received by cbosgd at 18-Jan-82 12:34:33-EST (Mon)
	To: chico!cbosg!cbosgd!mark
	Cc: mh-discussion
	Cc: obrien
	
	How do I send this to netnews?
	(I wish we ran netnews here...)
We'll be releasing version 1.0 of B netnews right after USENIX.
(Actually, there might even be time to install it while I'm down
there if you want.)  I understand the reason you haven't run it
up until now is that it has only been out in test versions.

I've carboned this to net.news which will post it to net.news.
I think without installing netnews the best you can do is to mail
to csvax.netnews@Berkeley which will post it there.
	
	I am seeing a lot of flack in netnews
	about how dumb it is for netnews to
	be compatible with mh folder and message
	architecture.  What's the problem?  Why
	can't the newsgroup names simply be
	unix pathnames with 14 characters per element
	and slashes in between?  unix/bugs/v7, etc.
This is exactly what we want to do, but I was under the impression
that MH news does not allow subdirectories like that.  Maybe I'm wrong?
If so, how are the .files handled?
	
	MH's mapping of message folders to directories
	and messages to files is simple, straightforward,
	and unix-like.  Any command can easily be used on
	any message or group of messages, like find, grep,
	e, etc. etc. etc.
I agree completely.
	
		--dave
	
	Mark

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