"Jim Anderson" wrote in message
et...

Back in the day, USENET was all there was. Gov and University
researchers colaborated accross the earth, they all had diff domains,
cross posting allowed teams to comunicate with one message.

I remember that, as well--although I didn't participate in the newsgroups
then...I'm new at this form of research. .It would only have made sense to
revamp the usenets' programming and addressing domains to curtail the
otherwise abusive behaviors employed today. Thanks for clearing that up for
me....-ED

sorry for the repost....still getting a handle on the proper format...