nkings@zeus.axion.bt.co.uk (Nick Kings) (12/04/89)
Is there a definative list of of valid distribution areas?
There is `world', but what others are there?
Many thanks!
Nick@TheEndOfTime
"And the sandcastle virtues are all swept away..."wcs) (12/11/89)
In article <1989Dec4.135800.5764@axion.bt.co.uk> nkings@zeus.axion.bt.co.uk (Nick Kings) writes: > Is there a definative list of of valid distribution areas? No. Any site can create a Distribution: for themselves or in conjunction with other sites, so there can be no definitive list. Some popular ones include: world - alt - alternative distribution for newgroups not controlled by backbone cabal* local - most sites have one your-country - usa, can, ... na - North America, but may really mean USA + Canada your-region - nj = New Jersey (also New York City) your-city - ba = San Francisco Bay Area chi=Chicago company - att, bbn unix-pc - owners of an ancient machine once sold by AT&T. To find out what distributions your machine has, look in the news administration directory (typically /usr/lib/news) at the files "sys" and "distributions" and whatever NNTP uses if you use it. Or ask your administrator. -- # Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ 201-949-0705 api.att.com!wcs # We did it for the formlessness ...
limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (12/11/89)
(I'm cross-posting... this started on news.newusers.questions)
Where do I find the file similar to /usr/lib/news in ANU-NEWS (for
VMS).
-Tom
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