Re: low level format on a lisa?

["David Chiu" <none@nowhere.org>]

I am pretty sure some documentation (RFC somewhere?) exists for such things,
as I recall having to sign a petition to start a rec.arts.* newsgroup once
before. Non-alt.* groups are required to follow a procedure to have
newsgroup created. Once created most news administrators will carry the
newsgroup. The alt.* hierarchy on the other hand follows absolutely no rule
whatsoever; anyone can create an alt. newsgroup. But news administrators are
not required to carry any alt.* newsgroups.

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20011029175807.12102.00001067@mb-mv.aol.com">news:20011029175807.12102.00001067@mb-mv.aol.com...
> Vince Briel wrote:

> >Also, I haven't a clue how to start a group or whats involved.

> Me either.  When I used a Unix news reader a few years ago, I would
> regularly see dozens of new "alt.hate.blah.blah" groups spring up with
> one or two messages, and then no more activity.  I thought that anyone
> could start a new group as easily as starting a new thread, just by
> typing in a new group name!