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From: paul@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de (Paul Foerster)
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Subject: Question: What is a "labeled" newsgroup?
Date: 15 Sep 1994 07:59:08 -0500
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In Matt Messina <messina@umich.edu> writes:
>Subject: Talk: IDs
[huge parts of ID-talk with Bob deleted]
>Identifiers in this group are unique in the sense that they can change
>throughout a thread (REQUEST, GIF, LINE), whereas identifiers in
>rec.arts.tv.soaps, the canonical example of a labeled newsgroup, don't.
>This presents a problem, as some newsreaders thread by Subject rather than
>by References, but I don't see any way around that.

... could you please tell me what a "labeled" newgroup is? I just don't 
know.

Thanx,



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