[net.news.group] mod.gesornenplatz truncated!

preece@ccvaxa.UUCP (11/07/85)

> /* Written  3:45 pm  Nov  4, 1985 by emjej@uokvax.UUCP in
> ccvaxa:net.news.group */ I like long, descriptive names enormously--too
> bad I can't use them under Unix--but the 14-character limit on file
> names looks like it's collapsing all the mod.protocols.* and
> mod.computers.* into one notesfile/newsgroup (each).  Is there anything
> that can be done about this?
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Yes. Upgrade to a more recent version of notes.

-- 
scott preece
gould/csd - urbana
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tp@ndm20 (11/09/85)

>I like long, descriptive names enormously--too bad I can't use them under
>Unix--but the 14-character limit on file names looks like it's collapsing
>all the mod.protocols.* and mod.computers.* into one notesfile/newsgroup
>(each).  Is there anything that can be done about this?
>						James Jones

Easy. Rename the groups so the name is unique in the first 14 characters.

Terry Poot
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