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1.1     ! root        1: #      This file contains mappings between notesfiles and newsgroups
        !             2: #      when coming from news to notes, the file is scanned until
        !             3: #      a match is found in the second field.  The first field of
        !             4: #      that line is used as the notesfile name.
        !             5: #      Similarly, when going from notesfiles to newsgroups, the
        !             6: #      first line to match the notesfile name with the first field
        !             7: #      goes to the newsgroup listed in the second field.
        !             8: #
        !             9: #      notesfile:newsgroup
        !            10: #
        !            11: #      For multiple listings:
        !            12: #
        !            13: #      net.games.ches:net.games.chess
        !            14: #      net.games.ches:net.chess
        !            15: #
        !            16: #      net.general:net.general:net.followup
        !            17: #      net.general:net.followup
        !            18: #
        !            19: #      is the setup for the net.general/net.followup issue. This gets
        !            20: #      newsgroups net.general and net.followup into the notesfile
        !            21: #      net.general.  The third field of the first line sends 
        !            22: #      responses from the notesfile net.general to the net.followup
        !            23: #      newsgroup.  The third field does not take part in mapping from
        !            24: #      newsgroups to notesfiles; it only works going from notesfiles
        !            25: #      to newsgroups.
        !            26: #
        !            27: # --   N.B.:  net.followup is no fun within notesfiles; it 
        !            28: # --   destroys the concept of linking responses. We map it here,
        !            29: # --   violating net etiquette by posting responses in net.general
        !            30: # --   (this isn't true any more)
        !            31: #
        !            32: net.general:net.general:net.followup
        !            33: net.general:net.followup
        !            34: #
        !            35: #      Resolve newsgroups whose "proper" name is longer than 
        !            36: #      14 characters.
        !            37: #
        !            38: net.games.pacm:net.games.pacman
        !            39: net.lang.pasca:net.lang.pascal
        !            40: net.lang.prolo:net.lang.prolog
        !            41: net.rec.skydiv:net.rec.skydive
        !            42: net.news.newsi:net.news.newsite
        !            43: net.sport.base:net.sport.baseball
        !            44: net.sport.hock:net.sport.hockey
        !            45: #
        !            46: #      Resolve commonly mis-posted newsgroups.  Send them to the
        !            47: #      appropriate notesfile.  This includes some newsgroups
        !            48: #      which have had problems in the past and have 13, 14 and 14+
        !            49: #      character names floating around.
        !            50: #      Include mapping notesfile -> "true" newsgroup as first line
        !            51: #      to route outgoing notes correctly.
        !            52: #
        !            53: net.games.rogu:net.games.rogue
        !            54: net.games.rogu:net.games.rogu
        !            55: net.games.rogu:net.games.rog
        !            56: #
        !            57: net.games.triv:net.games.trivia
        !            58: net.games.triv:net.trivia
        !            59: #
        !            60: net.unix-wizar:net.unix-wizards
        !            61: net.unix-wizar:fa.unix-wizards
        !            62: #
        !            63: net.sport.foot:net.sport.football
        !            64: net.sport.foot:net.sport.foot
        !            65: net.sport.foot:net.sport.foo
        !            66: #
        !            67: net.bugs.4bsd:net.bugs.4bsd
        !            68: net.bugs.4bsd:net.4bsd-bugs
        !            69: #
        !            70: net.oa:net.oa
        !            71: net.oa:net.ao
        !            72: #
        !            73: net.lang.lisp:net.lang.lisp
        !            74: net.lang.lisp:net.lisp.lang
        !            75: net.lang.lisp:net.lisp
        !            76: #
        !            77: net.periphs:net.periphs
        !            78: net.periphs:net.periph
        !            79: #
        !            80: net.games.ches:net.games.chess
        !            81: net.games.ches:net.chess
        !            82: #
        !            83: net.jokes:net.jokes
        !            84: net.jokes:net.joke
        !            85: net.jokes:net.jokes.limerick
        !            86: #
        !            87: net.cycle:net.cycle
        !            88: net.cycle:net.cycles

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