Acbosgd.649 net.news utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!npois!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Sat Dec 19 11:54:53 1981 Re: top-level list gets everything under it The current code will interpret a subscription to "net.jokes" as including "net.jokes.all". There are no plans to change this, and even if it is changed, there will be sites continuing to run the old software. If you get net.jokes or all, and you don't want net.jokes.q, you will have to specifically unsubscribe to it. Thus: options -n ..... !net.jokes.q ..... Unfortunately, this does not protect you from things like net.joke.q, nor from stuff posted to other newsgroups like net.general that has something in bad taste in it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.